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.
In the 1950’s many New Zealander’s built cribs ( holiday houses) in Arrowtown and came here for their summer holidays.
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.
The Maori name for the river is Haihainui which means ‘Big Scratches’.
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.
Arrowtown is one of the fastest growing towns in New Zealand:
1948---------120 people
1989------850 people
2015----2600 people
2021-----3900 people
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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