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 [...]

Trampers and mountaineers praise Minister Nick Smith for his decision to turn down a tunnel from the Route Burn to the Hollyford Valley. “Dr [...]

Invercargill, 24 May 2013 FMC vehemently disagrees with Conservation Minister Nick Smith dismissing Denniston Plateau, which he has just allowed Bathurst Resources to mine, [...]

Trampers welcome the Ngāi Tuhoe settlement signed in Wellington today. FMC President, Mr Robin McNeill, says the settlement redresses the iwi’s past injustices while [...]

Trampers and mountaineers call on the government to establish and fund the Mackenzie Country Trust, proposed by the Mackenzie Shared Vision Forum today [...]

Trampers and mountaineers call on Prime Minister John Key to reduce the money he has promised the Tourism sector to attract wealthy tourists to [...]

Federated Mountain Clubs is relieved that the new Conservation Minister, the Hon. Dr Nick Smith, has started digging the Department of Conservation out [...]

In accepting a pledge of $15,000 from Federated Mountain Clubs today, Save Fiordland Chairperson, Daphne Taylor, said that the group was ‘absolutely stoked’ [...]

Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand, representing over 15,000 trampers and climbers, today pledged $15,000 to the Save Fiordland campaign, which is preparing [...]