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.
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.
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.
They used to sell Morphine in the local drug store. That was back in the goldmining days of course!
The Chinese Settlement was established in 1867-8 and was in existence until the mid 1930’s. The site underwent an archaeological excavation in 1984.
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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