News from FMC
FMC has been working on ensuring access at Ruapehu Maunga remains equitable, particularly through the winter months. Unfortunately, Ruapehu Alpine Lifts, the concessionaire, has gone ahead with its plans to [...]
FMC is proud to offer Youth Expedition Scholarships for the 11th year running, and the Simon Bell Memorial Scholarship for the sixth consecutive year. For information on how to apply, and [...]
Changes are coming for incorporated societies. FMC has submitted on the bill, and wil try to help clubs make the transition.
FMC recently submitted on the new car parking restrictions proposed for Whakapapa Village in Tongariro National Park. The outcome of the consultation is detailed in the image below and makes [...]
Federated Mountain Clubs welcomes Acting Conservation Minister Ayesha Verrall's 28 May 2021 announcement that the Government is accelerating the reclassification of stewardship land to ensure land with high conservation value [...]
FMC welcomes the recent High Court judgment supporting FMC’s and Forest & Bird’s stance against the Department of Conservation’s and the New Zealand Conservation Authority’s positions on the derogation of [...]
Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has announced in a press release that around 18,000 hectares will be added to conservation land in the Mackenzie Basin after tenure [...]
Background Griffin Creek, in the 96,249 hectare Wanganui-Otira Catchments Conservation Area, flows into the Taramakau River near Highway 73 in Westland. A conservation and recreation gem with stewardship status, it [...]
In early January 2021, Kokiri Lime Company Ltd (Kokiri) lodged an application for an access arrangement, to quarry rock for river engineering works in Westland. The proposed site for the [...]
FMC awaits a decision on Griffin Creek Hydro Limited's (GCHL) concession application to run a hydro scheme at Griffin Creek, near Lake Brunner. Readers will know that we have long [...]
