Tenure Review Continues: Mt Dasher and Godley Peaks
While it is fun in the sun for many, work continues for the FMC Tenure Review team submitting on preliminary proposals for the future of our high country. Recent submissions [...]
Pelorus Bridge Recreation Reserve
FMC has requested amendments to a proposal by DOC to grant a 20 year licence to an existing dairy farmer on Pelorus Bridge Recreation Reserve. This Recreation Reserve has too [...]
Mid-Greenstone and Upper Caples Huts
FMC recently submitted in support of the proposal to grant the NZDA a concession to manage both the Mid-Greenstone and Upper Caples Huts. Read our submission here: 20151021 Mid Caples Submission [...]
Ruapehu Alpine Lifts Concession
FMC recently wrote in support of the proposed Ruapehu Alpine Lifts (RAL) concession at Whakapapa skifield. See the submission here: 20151021 RAL Submission RAL provide an important service to recreationalists at [...]
Holdsworth Jumbo Bookable Huts Trial
From 2013 DOC has undertaken a trial of a booking system on the Holdsworth Jumbo circuit. This booking system has different characteristics from others around the country, in that the [...]
Ruahine Conservation Park Land Exchange
FMC has been closely following the process around the proposed Ruataniwha Dam in the headwaters of the Makaroro river. FMC chose not to submit to the Board of Inquiry set [...]
Rameka Track
FMC recently wrote in support of a proposal by Tasman District Council to redesignate part of the Rameka Pack Track from roadway to track allowable only for cyclists and pedestrians. Project [...]
The Grampians – Tenure Review Submission
FMC has submitted on the tenure review proposal for The Grampians Pastoral lease. This large leasehold of around 16,000 hectares sits to the east of the Mackenzie Basin, you pass [...]
Health and Safety Reform Bill – Concerns expressed
FMC has expressed concern to several government ministers and select committee members regarding the Health and Safety Reform Bill which threatens to impose a regulatory burden on volunteer organisations and [...]
Morven Hills – Tenure Review Submission
FMC has submitted on the Tenure review proposal for Morven Hills station. This well-known high country station was established in the 1850's, and is known for its historic stone woolshed [...]
