Arrowtown has its own medical centre, a physiotherapy practice, and various health practitioners.
In an emergency be sure to phone 111 to call an ambulance.
They used to sell Morphine in the local drug store. That was back in the goldmining days of course!
The first Arrowtown School was in Buckingham Street and opened in 1863. It was on the site now occupied by the Oak development.
The Maori name for the river is Haihainui which means ‘Big Scratches’.
There has been a fire station on the current site since 1890. The hand drawn hose reel was used until the 1940’s.
Arrowtown had four churches representing the early immigrant populations. Catholic, Presbyterian, Anglican and Methodist. All still operate today except for the Methodist Church.
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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