FMC Press Releases
Trampers We are Alive
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 Sport New Zealand supports FMC’s long-held [...]
Otago Conservation Board Sticks to its Guns
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 track - knowing that the decision [...]
Remarkables road needs to re-open
Trampers and climbers want the very popular access road to the Rastus Burn Conservation Area and Remarkables Mountains overlooking Queenstown reopened to the public. The road was closed at the [...]
Pike River Proposal Praised
FMC is praising the Pike River Mine families’ proposal for land surrounding the site of the mine tragedy to be added to the Paparoa National Park as a permanent memorial [...]
FMC Supporting Project Karangahake Court Action
Community group forced to prepare for court over Christmas Break Local community group Protect Karangahake have announced that they will spend the Christmas break preparing to take the Hauraki District [...]
Ombudsman’s decision on Routeburn sets precedent
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 that DOC’s management plans mean what [...]
ORC Projects Announced
The Outdoor Recreation Consortium has approved funding for a wide variety of community partners from around New Zealand to enhance and maintain our backcountry assets. Close to 50 projects have [...]
Outdoor recreation groups welcome game-changing funding boost
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 to assist its volunteers maintain backcountry [...]
Forgotten Lands Campaign
FMC is launching a campaign for further protection of our Forgotten Lands. Trampers call for "Forgotten Lands" to be protected Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC) today launched an election-year campaign to [...]
Megafail for Monorail
Invercargill, 24 May 2014 “Nick Smith got it not just right, but very right”, says Robin McNeill, President of Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand. “We always had confidence that [...]
