The New Zealand Army Band led the thousands of people who watched the re-enactment of the discovery of gold from Arrow River to Butler's Green on Saturday afternoon for the official opening of the Arrowtown 150 celebrations.
Horses and riders make their way along Malaghans Rd, near Millbrook, ahead of the re-enactment of the discovery of gold on the Arrow River.
Thousands of people lined the Arrow River flood bank to watch the re-enactment of the discovery of gold.
Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden, left, with Chinese Consul-General Madam Xiutian and her official party are saluted during the Chinese Lion Dance at Butler's Green.
From left: William Li (3), Sammi Li (7) and Mandy Li (5), all of Invercargill.
Zee Luv, of Queenstown, performs as Ah Lum, an early Chinese settler who ran the village store.
The St John Presbyterian Church ladies with their girdle scones are, from left: Valmai Mincher, Heather Guise, Dorothy McCall, Pauline Bayley, Bernna Thomson, Pat Henderson, Edith Ladbrook, Esmae Styles and Leslie Jeffery, all of Arrowtown.
Actors in the re-enactment of the discovery of gold move a sluice to the Arrow River.
Maree Fox of Oamaru.
Arrowtown 150 co-ordinator Julie Hughes of Arrowtown.
Sam Gormack (6) of Christchurch.
Donna Demente and her 5-year-old poodle Tuppence.
Heather and Kevin Beardsmore, of Arrowtown.
Wendy and Gordon Pringle, of Oamaru.
Eric and June Simpson, of Arrowtown.
Sophie Van Der Eb (13), left, and her brother Hartley (10), both of Christchurch.
Laird McGillicuddy, back, and Adrienne Carthew, both of Te Pahu, Waikato.
Kathleen Stringer and Gordon Cameron, both of Ashburton.
Opening ceremony for the Arrowtown 150 celebrations, held in Arrowtown on Saturday, October 20, 2012. PHOTOS BY: Tracey Roxburgh.
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