At its June 2019 meeting in Wanaka, the FMC Executive voted to resign from the Mountain Safety Council, effective 1 July 2020. The 12 [...]

From humble beginnings in 1949 (where the sole founding member, Mr Henry G. Lambert declared himself President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Editor of the NZSS [...]

Following a request from a local member, FMC has acted to oppose another private road being planned to dissect the mountainous spine of the [...]

The Ministry for Primary Industries is currently seeking submissions on the review of the Walking Access Act 2008. The deadline for submissions is 2 [...]

THE Tararua Tramping Club marks its 100th anniversary this weekend, making it one of the oldest clubs in the country, and will celebrate pioneering organised [...]

The South Island's West Coast is home to a highly significant karst region. Features of the West Coast karst include: the largest area of [...]

FMC is stoked to see WorkSafe’s new guidance about health & safety law and recreational access. This vexed issue has been needlessly causing concerned [...]

The Department of Conservation has announced this morning that the process of amending the West Coast Conservation Management Strategy (CMS) is being halted, and [...]

In April 2019 the Treasury launched a public consultation on the reform of the Overseas Investment (OI) Act 2005. The complete consultation document can [...]

The election for the position of FMC Vice-President closed at 5pm on 17 May 2019. Congratulations to Tania Seward on being elected FMC Vice-President [...]

If you don’t enter into our FMC photo competition because you don’t think your shots are good enough, we want to help you change [...]

Pioneer Energy Ltd has recently started the construction of a road and hydro scheme in the Matiri Valley, Tasman Region. Since the resource consent [...]

During FMC's Outdoor Community campaign support to Ski Touring, we noticed some friction between members of the back country touring community and some ski [...]

The New Zealand high country is a jigsaw of public conservation land, crown land and freehold land. As to 2019, 1.2 million ha crown [...]

FMC Executive Election 2019   This year an election is required for the position of Vice President The poll is conducted by email.  Every [...]

On the 3rd of July, 1919, Mr W.H. Field, MP for Otaki and Mr F.W Vossellor "called a meeting of tramp enthusiasts...to consider the [...]

Update 25 March 2019: The proposed concession variation application has been formally withdrawn!: FMC's support to the NZ Canyoning Association has resulted in a [...]

FMC sent this press release to media on Monday 11, Mar 2019 to support the efforts to preserve the values of Griffin Creek.  The [...]

It’s that time of the year again when we ask all our member clubs to think about nominating someone for the Executive. It is [...]

A new tool to enable the public to help fight wilding conifers, one of New Zealand’s most invasive species, has been created by Land [...]

The Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment published its draft national tourism strategy and invited consultation. The FMC submission on the draft explained our values [...]