The board of the Arrowtown Promotion and Business Association is elected annually by the Association’s members who are business ratepayers.
Central to its work, is the belief that the well being of the town is dependent on the preservation of its historic heritage and its natural surrounds.
APBA promotes Arrowtown’s tourism, and liaises with its major funder, the Queenstown Lakes District Council and other collaborators Destination Queenstown, Chamber of Commerce.
In the 1950’s many New Zealander’s built cribs ( holiday houses) in Arrowtown and came here for their summer holidays.
Arrowtown had four churches representing the early immigrant populations. Catholic, Presbyterian, Anglican and Methodist. All still operate today except for the Methodist Church.
There are two theories as to why the town is named Arrowtown. One is that the river behind the town flows swiftly like an arrow.
The Maori name for the river is Haihainui which means ‘Big Scratches’.
Arrowtown has one of the best preserved collection of goldfields heritage buildings in New Zealand.
Millbrook Resort is named after Mill Farm on which it sits. Mill farm was established by the Butel family who came from Normandy.
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