The Outdoor Recreation Consortium has approved funding for a wide variety of community partners from around New Zealand to enhance and maintain our backcountry [...]

Two parties of committed trampers traversing the ice fortresses of the Adams Wilderness Area and a team bravely eyeing up the granite faces of [...]

The NZ Outdoor Recreation Consortium has announced that applications are open for three new funds that it manages to support volunteer-led work in New [...]

At the FMC AGM in June the conservation spokespeople of the Greens, Labour and National spoke to the crowd. There were differences in some [...]

A consortium representing over 30,000 trampers, hunters, mountaineers and mountain bikers welcomed Minister of Conservation Dr Nick Smith’s announcement this evening of major funding [...]

We would like to share some good news from our friends at the New Zealand Deerstalkers Association -  A great example of passionate outdoors [...]

Federated Mountain Clubs President Robin McNeill today wrote to the Minister of Conservation and the Conservation spokespeople of all political parties expressing deep concerns about [...]

At Federated Mountain Clubs recent Annual General Meeting, President Robin McNeill addressed VIPs and delegates, including the Minister of Conservation, and called for FMC [...]

The FMC Annual Report 2014  is available here. It shows FMC is in a sound state financially and contributing strongly to positive outcomes for [...]

FMC is launching a campaign for further protection of our Forgotten Lands. Trampers call for "Forgotten Lands" to be protected Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC) [...]

Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC) today launched an election-year campaign to protect much-loved areas managed by the Department of Conservation at risk from intrusive and [...]

Click here to read the Minister of Conservation's decision regarding the Monorail proposal

Invercargill, 24 May 2014 “Nick Smith got it not just right, but very right”, says Robin McNeill, President of Federated Mountain Clubs of New [...]

A day of conservation discussion for trampers, climbers, mountaineers, hunters and others. Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand (FMC) is hosting a day of [...]

Invercargill, 4th May 2014 Federated Mountain Clubs, New Zealand Deerstalkers Association and Trail Fund signed a Heads of Agreement on Thursday, establishing a consortium [...]

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

28,000 say No to the Fiordland Monorail Wellington, 18th March 2014 Many more people hate the idea of a monorail through the Snowdon Forest [...]

Youth Scholarships Following a three year trial period, the FMC youth scholarships have been revamped and are back for 2014.  Because of low demand, [...]

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, [...]

Press Release: Milford Dart Tunnel – Hooray! for the right decision for the right reasons  17th July 2013 Trampers and mountaineers praise Minister Nick [...]