FMC has lodged its submission on the National Conservation Policy Statement (NCPS), which is enabled through the Conservation Amendment Bill and will guide all the area planning over public conservation land.

Since we collated a list of closed tracks and huts earlier this year, we’ve had very positive meetings with the Department of Conservation about the issues involved.

UPDATE as at 13 March, 2026: Following our public call for DOC to change its closure notice for Harwood’s Hole in Abel Tasman National [...]

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, [...]