Arrowtown

Water Supply

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.

 

 

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.1

Arrowtown is one of the fastest growing towns in New Zealand:
1948---------120 people
1989------850 people
2015----2600 people
2021-----3900 people

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.2

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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Arrowtown Random Fact No.3

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.4

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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Arrowtown Random Fact No.5

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.

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Arrowtown Random Fact No.6

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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