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So many pleasures to choose from - Arrowtown’s historic streets, or its Great Outdoors.

Arrowtown satisfies many sides of your personality. The nature lover, the outdoors adventurer, the museum visitor, the shop browser. The charm of historic Buckingham Street, while savouring a coffee.

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.1

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.

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.2

The Maori name for the river is Haihainui which means ‘Big Scratches’.

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.3

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.

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.4

Arrowtown was originally known as Fox’s. named after William Fox an early gold discoverer. Then it was known as The Arrow and later Arrowtown.

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.5

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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Arrowtown Random Fact No.6

The first Arrowtown School was in Buckingham Street and opened in 1863. It was on the site now occupied by the Oak development.

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