After a hiatus, there is now a deluge of management plan reviews underway public conservation land, which will in the next couple of years [...]

Glenfalloch station sits between the Rakaia and Ashburton catchments, up above Lake Heron. It may prove in the future to be an integral part [...]

FMC submitted on an amendment to the Kahurangi National Park Management Plan to lengthen the mountain biking season on the Heaphy track, and allow [...]

With the remainder of the $1.2 million, granted by the DOC Community Fund over the last two years, left to allocate to volunteer track, [...]

For the first time FMC is able to offer Expedition Scholarships to Adventurers of all ages. The FMC Youth Scholarship, supported by the FMC [...]

FMC, representing 20,000 trampers and mountaineers in 80 clubs across New Zealand believes that Land Information New Zealand and the Commissioner of Crown Lands [...]

"Nonsense on stilts" again - FMC to seek Ombudsman ruling FMC is asking DOC to renege on an undertaking to the aviation industry to increase [...]

FMC is monitoring the progress of the Incorporated Societies Bill, which may affect our member clubs. FMC recently made a submission to the Exposure [...]

FMC recently released its Annual Report for 2015/2016. The report outlines a number of national highlights including leadership of the Outdoor Recreation Consortium, assistance [...]

FMC Members know what rivers should look like, we see them in the mountains, when they are running free and clear. FMC strongly believes [...]

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 [...]

The Resource Legislation Amendment Bill "opens" numerous Acts including the RMA, the Reserves Act and the Conservation Act and makes targeted changes. Any changes [...]

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, [...]

Thank you for opportunity to comment on the development of the draft Te Kawa o Te Urewera plan. Federated Mountain Clubs if the national [...]

FMC President Robin McNeill is elated that New Zealanders have reached into their pockets to buy a piece of land for addition to Abel [...]

The Federated Mountain Clubs Executive is in Arrowtown on Sunday the 21st of February and would like to invite anyone within cooee to come [...]

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 [...]

There  are few landscapes in the world that are more evocative and iconic than the South Island high country – the broad, brown tussock [...]

While it is fun in the sun for many, work continues for the FMC Tenure Review team submitting on preliminary proposals for the future [...]

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 [...]

FMC has requested amendments to a proposal by DOC to grant a 20 year licence to an existing dairy farmer on Pelorus Bridge Recreation [...]