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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.
Millbrook Resort is named after Mill Farm on which it sits. Mill farm was established by the Butel family who came from Normandy.
Arrowtown has one of the best preserved collection of goldfields heritage buildings in New Zealand.
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.
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.
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