The issues around access to the Remarkables are the most recent and public example of a widespread issue - the growing tension between private [...]

The Outdoor Recreation Consortium is welcoming yesterday's announcement that further funding from the Department of Conservation’s Community Fund. The Outdoor Recreation Consortium, which is [...]

Hunters, Trampers, Climbers and Mountain Bikers are adding their voice to those calling for changes to proposed health and safety legislation that threatens to [...]

FMC will be holding its Annual General Meeting on the 13th of June this year in Christchurch. The programme can be found here: FMC AGM [...]

FMC last week launched a ‘Celebrating Outdoor Recreation’ campaign to connect with outdoor pursuits on the fringes of its core tramping and climbing constituency. [...]

Outdoor Recreation is the big mover in this year’s Active New Zealand survey, writes Peter Wilson The recent Active New Zealand survey commissioned by [...]

The Otago Conservation Board has consistently rejected the Department of Conservation's 2013 decision to grant an increase in guided walk numbers on the Routeburn [...]

Trampers and climbers want the very popular access road to the Rastus Burn Conservation Area and Remarkables Mountains overlooking Queenstown reopened to the public. [...]

FMC is praising the Pike River Mine families’ proposal for land surrounding the site of the mine tragedy to be added to the Paparoa [...]

Community group forced to prepare for court over Christmas Break Local community group Protect Karangahake have announced that they will spend the Christmas break [...]

Federated Mountain Clubs and Save Fiordland would have saved thousands of dollars and years of work had Department of Conservation officials taken FMC’s advice [...]

The Outdoor Recreation Consortium has approved funding for a wide variety of community partners from around New Zealand to enhance and maintain our backcountry [...]

A consortium representing over 30,000 trampers, hunters, mountaineers and mountain bikers welcomed Minister of Conservation Dr Nick Smith’s announcement this evening of major funding [...]

FMC is launching a campaign for further protection of our Forgotten Lands. Trampers call for "Forgotten Lands" to be protected Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC) [...]

Invercargill, 24 May 2014 “Nick Smith got it not just right, but very right”, says Robin McNeill, President of Federated Mountain Clubs of New [...]

Invercargill, 4th May 2014 Federated Mountain Clubs, New Zealand Deerstalkers Association and Trail Fund signed a Heads of Agreement on Thursday, establishing a consortium [...]

DOC Community Conservation Partnerships Fund Works for Everyone Invercargill, 30th March 2014 Federated Mountains Clubs President, Robin McNeill, is delighted by the announcement of [...]

28,000 say No to the Fiordland Monorail Wellington, 18th March 2014 Many more people hate the idea of a monorail through the Snowdon Forest [...]

29 January 2014 “Nick Smith is bang-on advocating for 1080 to prevent 20 tonnes of native birds becoming pest-tucker every day”, says Robin McNeill, [...]

Press Release: Milford Dart Tunnel – Hooray! for the right decision for the right reasons  17th July 2013 Trampers and mountaineers praise Minister Nick [...]

Trampers and mountaineers praise Minister Nick Smith for his decision to turn down a tunnel from the Route Burn to the Hollyford Valley. “Dr [...]