The Department of Conservation is trialling car parking fees at White Horse Hill (Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park), Franz Josef, and Dolomite Point (Punakaiki) starting December 2025.

Conservation law exists to protect Aotearoa’s public whenua — and because it is public, New Zealand public should keep having a voice in [...]

The Department of Conservation (DOC) is trialing a car parking fee at the White Horse Hill car park in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, [...]

Outdoor Recreation Consortium Press Release: 13/01/16 Immediately prior to Christmas, the Outdoor Recreation Consortium was pleased to congratulate applicants from around the country on [...]

It was standing room only at FMC’s 2015 AGM, demonstrating the excitement around positive changes in backcountry culture. The letters ‘AGM’ are not ones [...]

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

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, [...]