Election 2019 Results
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 for the year 2019-2020. Tania is [...]
Where do you read your Backcountry?
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 that. We have another online introductory [...]
Lake Matiri hydro development
Pioneer Energy Ltd has recently started the construction of a road and hydro scheme in the Matiri Valley, Tasman Region. Since the resource consent and concession for the hydro development [...]
Backcountry touring access guidelines published
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 area operators. The friction appeared to [...]
FMC Submission on Enduring stewardship of Crown pastoral land
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 land are leased to 171 pastoral lease [...]
Commemorative trips planned
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 formation of a Tararua Club in [...]
The Griffin still roars
Update 25 March 2019: The proposed concession variation application has been formally withdrawn!: FMC's support to the NZ Canyoning Association has resulted in a stay of execution for the canyoning [...]
Griffin Creek Hydro scheme – Press Release
FMC sent this press release to media on Monday 11, Mar 2019 to support the efforts to preserve the values of Griffin Creek. The introductory summary is; Federated Mountain Clubs [...]
2019 FMC Exec Nominations
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 stimulating body to work with, [...]
LINZ launches new app to help fight wilding conifers
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 Information New Zealand (LINZ). Wilding Watch [...]