The recipients of the 2021 FMC Expedition Scholarships have been announced: Simon Bell Memorial Expedition Scholarship Alastair McDowell, Canterbury Mountaineering Club, to support an enchainment of all 24 3000m peaks [...]
***Indefinitely postponed until Covid Alert Level 1*** Absentee bids will continue to be accepted, and all bidders will be notified by HVTC by email when the auction is re-scheduled. Over [...]
FMC has been working on ensuring access at Ruapehu Maunga remains equitable, particularly through the winter months. Unfortunately, Ruapehu Alpine Lifts, the concessionaire, has gone ahead with its plans to [...]
FMC is proud to offer Youth Expedition Scholarships for the 11th year running, and the Simon Bell Memorial Scholarship for the sixth consecutive year. For information on how to apply, and [...]
Changes are coming for incorporated societies. FMC has submitted on the bill, and wil try to help clubs make the transition.
FMC recently submitted on the new car parking restrictions proposed for Whakapapa Village in Tongariro National Park. The outcome of the consultation is detailed in the image below and makes [...]
Federated Mountain Clubs welcomes Acting Conservation Minister Ayesha Verrall's 28 May 2021 announcement that the Government is accelerating the reclassification of stewardship land to ensure land with high conservation value [...]
FMC welcomes the recent High Court judgment supporting FMC’s and Forest & Bird’s stance against the Department of Conservation’s and the New Zealand Conservation Authority’s positions on the derogation of [...]
Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has announced in a press release that around 18,000 hectares will be added to conservation land in the Mackenzie Basin after tenure [...]
Background Griffin Creek, in the 96,249 hectare Wanganui-Otira Catchments Conservation Area, flows into the Taramakau River near Highway 73 in Westland. A conservation and recreation gem with stewardship status, it [...]
