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 [...]

Invercargill, 24 May 2013 FMC vehemently disagrees with Conservation Minister Nick Smith dismissing Denniston Plateau, which he has just allowed Bathurst Resources to mine, [...]

Trampers welcome the Ngāi Tuhoe settlement signed in Wellington today. FMC President, Mr Robin McNeill, says the settlement redresses the iwi’s past injustices while [...]

Trampers and mountaineers call on the government to establish and fund the Mackenzie Country Trust, proposed by the Mackenzie Shared Vision Forum today [...]

Trampers and mountaineers call on Prime Minister John Key to reduce the money he has promised the Tourism sector to attract wealthy tourists to [...]

Federated Mountain Clubs is relieved that the new Conservation Minister, the Hon. Dr Nick Smith, has started digging the Department of Conservation out [...]

In accepting a pledge of $15,000 from Federated Mountain Clubs today, Save Fiordland Chairperson, Daphne Taylor, said that the group was ‘absolutely stoked’ [...]

Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand, representing over 15,000 trampers and climbers, today pledged $15,000 to the Save Fiordland campaign, which is preparing [...]

Trampers welcome the Ngai Tuhoe settlement which will redress the iwi’s concerns about Te Urewera, while also protecting national park values. Although the [...]

Well known Southland tramper and outdoors advocate, Robin McNeill, is the new president of the Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand – the [...]