Milford Visitors Deserve Better
FMC President Robin McNeill says the Department of Conservation’s proposal to ignore daily helicopter landing limits on the Ngapunatoru Plateau above Milford Sound will have visitors hard pressed to hear [...]
Resource Legislation Amendment Bill
The Resource Legislation Amendment Bill "opens" numerous Acts including the RMA, the Reserves Act and the Conservation Act and makes targeted changes. Any changes to conservation law needs to be [...]
Tenure Review: Island Hills
Jan Finlayson has taken over much of FMC's work in tenure review for Canterbury. Check out the submission on the Island Hills pastoral lease, most famous among recreationalists for the [...]
Beach crowd funding shows up DOC funding crisis
FMC President Robin McNeill is elated that New Zealanders have reached into their pockets to buy a piece of land for addition to Abel Tasman National Park. The Givealittle crowd [...]
Tenure Review – Almost a done deal
There are few landscapes in the world that are more evocative and iconic than the South Island high country – the broad, brown tussock studded ranges and plains east of [...]
FMC calls for purchase of Mt Cook Station
On the east bank of the Tasman River lies Mount Cook Station, doorway to seldom-visited central parts of Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park (AMCNP). The station is a privately-owned farm. Public [...]
Health and Safety Bill threatens outdoor access.
Hunters, Trampers, Climbers and Mountain Bikers are adding their voice to those calling for changes to proposed health and safety legislation that threatens to 'lock gates' in rural communities. The [...]
A Backcountry Partnership – Living with the Land
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 that outdoors people look on kindly, [...]
Celebrating Outdoor Recreation: Canyoning
FMC last week launched a ‘Celebrating Outdoor Recreation’ campaign to connect with outdoor pursuits on the fringes of its core tramping and climbing constituency. The campaign will identify a pursuit [...]
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 [...]