NZ jeweller and golf course owner Michael Hill has passed over to the next green in the sky. He was 86.

https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/sir-michael-hill-dies-aged-86

#NZ #Arrowtown #MichaelHill

Sir Michael Hill dies, aged 86

Sir Michael Hill, founder of Michael Hill Jewellers, has died at the age of 86.  The company, which he founded in 1979, announced the entrepreneur...

Otago Daily Times Online News

I'm sad to see that the Arrowtown Freemason's Lodge is shutting up shop. Twenty years ago I made a video on the restoration of this special building and met a variety of old fashioned craftspeople over a couple of years.

The Masons I interviewed were all genuinely nice people, but even back then the average age of members was in the late 60s and they had trouble attracting new talent. Young people today just aren't prepared to roll up a trouser leg or take the time to learn secret handshakes.

The video of the restoration of Arrow Kilwinning Lodge is available in the Arrowtown Museum.

https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/freemasons%E2%80%99-arrowtown-story-ends

#Freemasons #NZ #Arrowtown

Freemasons’ Arrowtown story ends

The curtain has come down on nearly 150 years of Freemasonry in Arrowtown. About 50 Freemasons from throughout Otago and Southland went to the...

Otago Daily Times Online News
#Arrowtown is going gold.
Ominous clouds in #Arrowtown

Glorious weather for the #Arrowtown beech party!

Come and help plant 3,000 baby beech and totara on hillsides cleared of wilding pines. From 9am at the Chinese Village.

And join us for a BBQ and drinks afterwards.

🔔#Earthquake M3.7 strikes 80 km NW of #Arrowtown (New Zealand) 2 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1639180
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🔔#Earthquake M3.1 strikes 79 km NW of #Arrowtown (New Zealand) 2 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1630761
Earthquake, M3.1 SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND

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Kia Ora from Otago!
Arrow River looks beautiful with all the yellow foliage and beautiful blue sky free of pollution! Perfect for vacations ^w^

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