You may have heard on the media about cases of cryptosporidium that is now restricted to the Queenstown CBD, Fernhill and Sunshine Bay areas only.
We are fortunate that Arrowtown and the surrounding area's water supply is unaffected and is safe to drink.
If you wish to know more about cryptosporidium then you can follow the latest information here or feel free to contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions.
Thank you and we look forward to welcoming you to our most beautiful town.
There has been a fire station on the current site since 1890. The hand drawn hose reel was used until the 1940’s.
The Maori name for the river is Haihainui which means ‘Big Scratches’.
Millbrook Resort is named after Mill Farm on which it sits. Mill farm was established by the Butel family who came from Normandy.
The first Arrowtown School was in Buckingham Street and opened in 1863. It was on the site now occupied by the Oak development.
The discoverer of gold in the Arrow river was a shepherd named Jack Tewa or Maori Jack. He also won the Royal Humane medal for saving a man from drowning in Lake Wakatipu.
The first jail in Arrowtown was simply a log. You were chained up to it. The later stone jail still exists and is in Cardigan Street. It is New Zealand’s 4th oldest jail.
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