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.
Arrowtown had four churches representing the early immigrant populations. Catholic, Presbyterian, Anglican and Methodist. All still operate today except for the Methodist Church.
Arrowtown is one of the fastest growing towns in New Zealand:
1948---------120 people
1989------850 people
2015----2600 people
2021-----3900 people
Millbrook Resort is named after Mill Farm on which it sits. Mill farm was established by the Butel family who came from Normandy.
There has been a fire station on the current site since 1890. The hand drawn hose reel was used until the 1940’s.
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.
Australia’s first saint, Sister Mary MacKillop visited Arrowtown in 1897 and set up a Catholic School. Part of this school can still be visited today.
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