41-615: Ah Lum (before 1909–1925) was a gold miner and store owner in Arrowtown , New Zealand. Ah Lum was born in China, and later moved to New Zealand where he opened a store in the Otago town of Arrowtown. He was a well-respected leader in the Chinese mining community at Arrowtown, and served as an interpreter between the Chinese and European peoples. Ah Lum became a local hero after he saved
82-457: A Star of David rose window. Saint Paul's, is the oldest church in Arrowtown, having been built in 1871. Built out of wood in a simplified gothic revival style, the church was built at a cost of 350 pounds. The church is a category one historic place. The Arrowtown library was built in the 1980s and is on Buckingham Street. Designed by architect Michael Wyatt, the building blends in with
123-401: A chemist shop and then as a tailor's shop until 1905. It was sold for 350 pounds in the early 1950s. It was most recently sold in 2021 for $ 1.85 million dollars. Saint Patrick's, located on Hertford Street, was built between 1873 and 1902 and is a category two historic place. The church was designed by architect F. W. Burwell. It has a gothic design and is built out of local schist rock with
164-523: A nine-hole course to an 18-hole course. There are a number of mountain bike trails around Arrowtown. The most developed is the 110 kilometre Queenstown Trail . The Lake Hayes 16 kilometre loop is a popular ride also. The Arrow river bridges trail finishes in Gibbston and follows the Arrow river. The Lodge Arrow Kilwinning No 86 on Berkshire Street was completed in 1888. A six year project to restore
205-402: Is a one day cultural event that happens on Matariki in central Arrowtown. There is a showcase of visual storytelling and light displayed projections down Buckingham Street. The show will start with a mihi (welcome) followed by a karakia and songs by Waiata group, followed by performances by a Kapa haka from students from Wakatipu High School . Later in the evening a astrophysicist will share
246-454: Is for the census usually-resident population count. New Zealanders who declare Māori descent. 18.5% of New Zealanders have at least some Māori descent. Data is for the census usually-resident population count. The largest age group is people aged 25 to 29, who comprise 7.3% of the population. Data is the census usually-resident population count. Data is the census usually-resident population count. Declared sex of New Zealanders Data
287-411: Is for the census usually-resident population count. Results add up to over 100% due to people declaring multiple ethnicities. Most New Zealanders, 48.5% of the population, identify as being irreligious. Data is for the census usually-resident population count. The vast majority of New Zealanders, 95.4%, speak English; in second place is Māori, with 4.0% of the population being able to speak it. Data
328-544: Is part of the Southland electorate. The Arrowtown Memorial Pool is run by the Queenstown-Lakes District Council . The outdoor pool is open from the end of November until the start of March each summer. The main heated pool in 29 metres long and has five lanes. There is also a smaller heated toddler pool. Bordering the town is Sir Michael Hill 's Championship Golf Course which is home to
369-495: Is the best person to finish the remediation work". The 2018 census collected data on the following topics: Statistics New Zealand annually conducts population projections for New Zealand as a whole, which are based on data from the previous census (in this case, the 2013 census) and calculated using a cohort-component method. Population projections also take into consideration births, deaths, and net migration. In 2016, New Zealand's population at
410-414: Is the coolest month of the year with an average maximum temperature of 5 degrees Celsius. Arrowtown covers 3.61 km (1.39 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 2,930 as of June 2024, with a population density of 812 people per km . In 1951, the population of Arrowtown was 200 people, and this fell to 186 people in 1956 and 171 people in 1961 before increasing in size again. Despite
451-544: The 2006 census . There were 993 households, comprising 1,422 males and 1,392 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.02 males per female. The median age was 38.3 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 588 people (20.9%) aged under 15 years, 450 (16.0%) aged 15 to 29, 1,443 (51.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 333 (11.8%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 90.2% European/ Pākehā , 6.1% Māori , 1.5% Pasifika , 5.0% Asian , and 3.7% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas
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#1732772656483492-565: The 2013 census . Results from the 2018 census were released to the public on 23 September 2019, from the Statistics New Zealand website. The most recent New Zealand census was held in March 2023. The Census Act 1877 required censuses to be held every fifth year and is well embedded in legislation and government systems. Since 1881, censuses have been held every five years, with the exceptions of those in 1931 and 1941 and
533-730: The Millbrook Commonwealth Action Programme , a programme of the Commonwealth of Nations on the implementation of the Harare Declaration . Rated as one of the top ten golf courses in New Zealand, the golf course was originally established as a six-hole course in 1911. The club was re-established in 1935 at its present site. The current club house was built between 1956 and 1957. In 1971, the club obtained further land and expanded from
574-700: The 2013 census and the planned release date for census information was changed from October of the same year to March 2019. This drop, which already amounted to the lowest census response rate for fifty years, was blamed on a 'digital-first' policy for the census. An independent review was initiated by the Government Statistician in October 2019, and in November Statistics NZ announced that release of census data would be pushed back to at least April 2019 due to "the complex nature of
615-454: The 2020 Keep New Zealand Beautiful awards. The main street of Arrowtown, Buckingham Street, sits at 410 metres above sea level. Arrowtown has been described as having four distinct seasons. The driest month of the year is February with 96mm of rain on average and the wettest month of the year is December with 144mm of rain on average. January is the warmest month of the year with an average maximum temperature of 16 and 18 degrees Celsius. July
656-450: The 94% census percent target and a nine percent drop from the previous 2013 New Zealand census . On 13 August 2019 the report was released to the public and Liz MacPherson offered her resignation, taking ultimate responsibility for the results, stating "I'm sorry, the buck stops with me." State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes agreed with her assessment, and asked MacPherson to remain in her role until Christmas of 2019, noting that "she
697-555: The European and Chinese immigrants who settled during the town's gold mining era. In August 1862 Jack Tewa (known as Maori Jack) found gold in the Arrow River, and a township of 1,000 miners soon sprang up. It was initially named Fox's, based on William Fox's claim to have been first to find gold there, but was soon renamed Arrowtown. Chinese settlers, who first arrived in the 1870s in Arrowtown were forced to live in huts on
738-553: The Government Statistician, the Minister of Statistics and the State Services Commissioner , reporting that too little attention had been paid to the non-digital aspects of the census, but also blamed operational complexity and flaws in management. Due to a decision to conduct the census primarily online, the census attracted only an 83% response rate, even lower than the 90% earlier reported, and well short of
779-477: The Morning Star Hotel and a significant portion of Pritchard's Store in 1896. In 1888, the name of Arrowtown had yet to be finalised with the local post office calling the town Arrow River, while the telegraph office referring to the town as Arrowtown. After the gold rush ended, Arrowtown provided services to the local farms. Arrowtown was named "the most beautiful small town" in New Zealand in
820-476: The New Zealand Golf Open. The 2021 edition was cancelled and rescheduled to February 2022. This championship golf course is a private membership club, but does allow green fee players by appointment only. The club also provides a Day Spa that is available to the public. Nearby is the luxury Millbrook Resort , which has a spa and 27-hole golf course . It was the site of the agreement of
861-533: The added data into account. Population counts for regions of New Zealand . All figures are for the census usually-resident population count. In 2018, 3,370,122 people (71.7%) were born in New Zealand, with 1,329,633 (28.3%) born overseas. Data is for the census's usually-resident population. Birthplace of New Zealanders There was no change in the top five ethnicities between the 2013 and 2018 censuses, which are New Zealand European (64.1%), Māori (16.5%), Chinese (4.9%), Indian (4.7%), and Samoan (3.9%). Data
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#1732772656483902-430: The banks of Bush Creek. At the high point of the gold rush , the population of Arrowtown rose to over 7,000 and it became the centre of a larger municipality, which covered the new settlements of Macetown , Skippers Canyon and Bullendale (today only ghost towns). Arrowtown was constituted as a borough in 1867 In 1874, the first mayor was elected. This was Samuel Goldston. A large fire burned down Campbell's bakery,
943-467: The banks of the Arrow River ( Māori : Haehaenui ) approximately 7.5 km from State Highway 6 . Arrowtown is located 19.5 kilometres to the east of Queenstown. As well as the route via State Highway 6 at Arrow Junction, there is also road access directly to Queenstown via Arthurs Point and a third route via the picturesque Lake Hayes . There are many well preserved buildings that were used by
984-403: The building was completed in 2010. It is a category one historic place. The seven houses located along Buckingham Street have mostly unaltered exteriors and were constructed in the 1870s. These surviving examples of cottages that gold miners of the time lived in are listed with Heritage New Zealand . The one bedroom property at 53 Buckingham Street was built in 1890 and was originally used as
1025-437: The contribution of Chinese goldminers to the region. There are a number of restored miner's houses that can be visited. The first school opened in Arrowtown in 1863. The original school building was a wooden single room building. In 1875 a new school building made of stone was constructed. By 1906 there were a total of six schools in the Arrowtown area including a high school. In 1997 the present school site on Centennial Avenue
1066-414: The country on census night (6 March 2018), and excludes overseas visitors and New Zealand residents who are temporarily overseas. Due to the high rate of non-response in the census, the published results combine answers from census forms with data from the 2013 Census and from government administrative data. Reports from an External Data Quality Review Panel include quality ratings for each variable, taking
1107-472: The geography of the Arrowtown region causing temperature inversions was thought to be the problem. The issue was still present in 2019 with Arrowtown being labelled as having some of the worst air pollution in Australasia . NIWA deployed initially 22 sensors (which increased to a total of 48 sensors) in Arrowtown in 2019 to investigate the issue. They found that the air quality in the early afternoon
1148-453: The growth and construction, it falls under strict appearance covenants applied by the local authority that aim to preserve the appearance of the town. Before the 2023 census, Arrowtown had a smaller boundary, covering 2.36 km (0.91 sq mi). Using that boundary, Arrowtown had a population of 2,814 at the 2018 New Zealand census , an increase of 369 people (15.1%) since the 2013 census , and an increase of 666 people (31.0%) since
1189-686: The life of a European miner who was drowning in the Shotover River . Ah Lum's store was built from mortared stone rubble with an iron roof. Inside, there were five rooms, as well as a loft space. His store was one of the few original buildings in the Chinese settlement to remain standing. Ah Lum acquired the store in 1909, and the building began to serve as a shop, a bank, a place for socialising, and as accommodation for both travellers and visitors. The store stocked both Asian and European supplies. After Ah Lum's death in 1925 (some sources say 1927),
1230-657: The museum buildings and restoring the former Bank of New Zealand building to its original look. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother visited the Lakes District museum in 1966. Queen Elizabeth II also visited the Lakes District museum in 1990. Arrowtown became part of the Queenstown-Lakes District in the local government reorganisation of 1989. The Queenstown-Lakes District Council provides local government services to Arrowtown. Arrowtown
1271-427: The national environmental standards in winter 2021. This decreased in winter 2022 to a total of 10 nights. [REDACTED] Arrowtown travel guide from Wikivoyage 2018 New Zealand census The 2018 New Zealand census , which took place on Tuesday 6 March 2018, was the thirty-fourth national census in New Zealand . The population of New Zealand was counted as 4,699,755 – an increase of 457,707 (10.79%) over
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1312-553: The one in 2011 which was cancelled due to the February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch , which displaced many Canterbury residents from their homes only a few weeks before census day. It was rescheduled for March 2013, so the 2013 census is the previous census completed before this one. In July 2018, it was estimated that the 2018 census had a "full or partial" response for 90 percent of individuals, down from 94.5 percent in
1353-471: The store closed and the Chinese community disappeared. The building was restored in 1986, and is now registered as a Category I Historic Place. This business-related New Zealand biographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Arrowtown Arrowtown is a historic gold mining town in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. Arrowtown is located on
1394-433: The task". In early April 2019, the Government Statistician, Liz MacPherson was facing possible charges of contempt of parliament. She had twice refused, on 13 February and in early April, to disclose the number of partially and fully completed responses. On 9 April, she reported that one in seven New Zealanders, 700,000 people, failed to complete the census. In July 2019 the independent inquiry returned its findings to
1435-421: The time of the 2018 census was projected to be between 4,807,000 and 4,944,000. Data uses fixed random rounding to protect confidentiality; each data point is rounded either to the nearest multiple of 3 ( 2 ⁄ 3 chance) or the next-nearest multiple of 3 ( 1 ⁄ 3 chance). The census usually-resident population count of New Zealand is a count of all people who usually live in and were present in
1476-689: The town's 19th century buildings. Arrowtown holds its annual autumn festival in April each year. The 2024 festival will be the 39th edition. Festival attractions include the street parade, The Arrow Miners Band would play on an Old Red Truck and the Buckingham Belles Can-Can at the lunchtime entertainment. There is also gold panning championships, There will be also multiple musicians and performers, street entertainment, vintage car display and plenty of market stalls selling New Zealand made products. Matariki Arrowtown Lights
1517-539: The wonders of the Otago night skies, There will also be food stalls and fire pits to be able to gather and share stories. In 2015, it was reported that Arrowtown had had one of its worst air pollution readings on record reaching a level of 168 mcg per cubic metre of PM10 particulates. The last time this level had been reached was 2007. Arrowtown, along with Alexandra recorded the highest levels of air pollution in Otago. A combination of domestic wood burning heaters and
1558-412: Was $ 45,300, compared with $ 31,800 nationally. 534 people (24.0%) earned over $ 70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,425 (64.0%) people were employed full-time, 372 (16.7%) were part-time, and 27 (1.2%) were unemployed. Arrowtown is the home of the historic Chinese Settlement which includes Ah Lum's store. This is located by Bush Creek and highlights
1599-466: Was 27.9, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 61.1% had no religion, 31.1% were Christian , 0.3% had Māori religious beliefs , 0.5% were Hindu , 0.1% were Muslim , 0.5% were Buddhist and 1.7% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 606 (27.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 216 (9.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income
1640-620: Was excellent at all locations. Poor air quality was linked to cold winter nights with a smaller impact on the following mornings. Air quality was better in the north-west of the town and worst in the south east of the town. The air quality was consistent with the usage of where in the town that domestic wood burning heaters were being used. The Otago Regional Council has been working with homeowners to replace their domestic wood burning heaters with cleaner heating devices such as heat pumps and improving insulation in homes. Arrowtown had 23 high pollution nights, where PM10 particulate levels exceeded
1681-473: Was opened. The school roll numbered 187 pupils then. Arrowtown School is the only remaining school in the town. It is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of 443 as of August 2024. The Lakes District Museum is located in a collection of historic buildings in Arrowtown. It details the history of the local area, in particular, gold mining and the early settlers. Work in 2020 and 2021 has started on earthquake strengthening