Press Releases
FMC has been working on ensuring access at Ruapehu Maunga remains equitable, particularly through the winter months. Unfortunately, Ruapehu Alpine Lifts, the concessionaire, has [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In early January 2021, Kokiri Lime Company Ltd (Kokiri) lodged an application for an access arrangement, to quarry rock for river engineering works in [...]
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 [...]
It’s that time of the year again when we ask all our member clubs to think about nominating someone for the Executive. It is [...]
Federated Mountain Clubs has written a comprehensive submission on the Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill. The Bill makes significant changes to the Crown Pastoral [...]
In December last year, DOC announced the first of two rounds of public consultation on the Kawarau/Remarkables Conservation Area's reclassification. Submissions close 26 February [...]
Dunstan Downs pastoral lease in Central Otago is currently undergoing tenure review. Straddling the transition between Canterbury and Otago in terms of local governance [...]
The recipients of the 2020 FMC Expedition Scholarships have been announced: Simon Bell Memorial Expedition Scholarship Tara Mulvany, FMC Individual Supporter, for a journey [...]
While the general election stole the headlines on Saturday, another important election took place in Wellington at the same time: Les Molloy was elected FMC [...]
A couple of months ago, we asked the conservation spokesperson of each political party a series of questions. Initially, only two parties (TOP and [...]
Earlier in September we sent a notice to all clubs about a General Meeting being called on Saturday 17 October 2020 to: • elect a new [...]
Public lands are New Zealanders' commons, and are administered on their behalf by the Department of Conservation under the Conservation Act 1987. Potential to [...]
The Department of Conservation publicly notified an application for a concession by Precision Helicopters Ltd for regular landings in the backcountry inland of Hokitika. [...]
