Whakapapa Holdings 2024 Limited has applied for a concession to operate the Whakapapa Ski Area on Mt Ruapehu for the next ten years. In [...]

FMC has written a submission to the proposed Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill. Our submission focuses on areas related to the negative effects [...]

As the year is nearing an end, we thought to look at the year behind us and see what we've done well. Here [...]

In early December, FMC wrote a submission on DOC's changes to bivvy and basic hut charges, changes to camping prices and adding huts to the [...]

Te Tai Poutini, the West Coast, is a raw and untamed gem of Aotearoa’s natural beauty, with over 80% of its land and [...]

FMC recently made a submission on LINZ’s proposed Long-term Insights Briefing: ‘Pathways to resilience: Future-proofing Crown land stewardship’. Toitū Te Whenua Land Information [...]

FMC has recently submitted on the draft Te Hiku o Te-Ika-a-Māui Conservation Management Strategy. One of the main issues we touched on in [...]

The Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC) support conservation law reform, but would reject proposals that could restrict New Zealanders' access to their own special [...]

Along with the Aotearoa Climbing Access Trust (ACAT), FMC led and greatly contributed to the writing of the joint submission to the Ministry [...]

FMC is appalled that discredited projects that were dead in the water have now been resurrected by the Fast-track Approvals Bill.“It is outrageous that [...]

After more than 10 years of actively protecting Griffin Creek’s recreational and natural values, FMC took our advocacy to the Court of Appeal [...]

Access to Mt Richmond Forest Park has been an issue for recreational communities in the upper South Island for quite some time. Much [...]

International tourism is a principal national export industry. As the pressure on Aoteraoa New Zealand's nature, conservation land and its infrastructure is increasing, [...]

Due to a smaller amount of nominations for the executive board members FMC received this year, no election was required. Mick Abbott, Allan [...]

FMC is launching a Griffin Creek fundraising campaign to help with the costs of an ongoing court case.  For a few years now, [...]

“FMC strongly opposes the Fast-track Approvals Bill and would like to see it withdrawn,” says FMC’s president Megan Dimozantos. “We believe the bill is [...]

It is that time of the year again when we ask all our member clubs to think about nominating a member of their club [...]

‘We must closely guard the welfare of our national parks and reserves. These should not be regarded as the property of our minister [...]

The Matangi station, a private property with wonderful recreational opportunities, is a tussock-cloaked landscape jewel located close to Alexandra, Central Otago. The station [...]

Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC) is taking the next step to protect Griffin Creek, a unique West Coast river, from excessive and unnecessary use by [...]

The Department of Conservation has announced that plans to roll out heat detectors to all backcountry huts with six or more bunks have been [...]