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Notable buildings[edit]

Notable buildings of Methven
Name Image Description Reference
Pipe Shed
The Pipe Shed (October 2020)
 A storage shed for explosives. Constructed from one of the 800 pipes manufactured in 1940 for the Rangitata Diversion Race. It is the only structure in Methven rated as Category I by Heritage New Zealand [1]
The Brown Pub
Brown Pub, Methven, Mt Hutt in the background (October 2020)
 The Brown Pub was originally built in 1883 but was destroyed by fire on 19 June 1922 and subsequently rebuilt. It suffered damage in the 2010 Canterbury earthquake and the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, and was damaged by fire in 2019. [2][3]
The Blue Pub
Blue Pub, Methven, (October 2020)
 The Blue Pub was damaged by fire in 1918 and also suffered damage in the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010–11 [4]



Methven War Memorial[edit]

The War Memorial was unveiled in February 1930.[5] It commemorates the 69 men lost in the First World War and the 15 men lost in the Second World War.[6]

Methven Historical Society Building[edit]

This was built in 1917 at 7 Bank Street. It was damaged in the Canterbury earthquakes and was a category 2 historic place. It was demolished in 2013.[7]

Methven Public Library[edit]

Built between 1883 and 1884 at 60 Main Street, in an Italianate style. It was damaged in the Canterbury earthquakes and was a category 2 historic place. It was demolished in 2013.[7]

Mount Hutt Road Board Building[edit]

The Methven Post Office (October 2020)

The Road Board Building was built in 1879 on Methven's Main Street and is one of the earliest buildings in the town. The building was classified as a Category 2 historic place and registered on the New Zealand Heritage List in October 2019.[8] The building currently serves as the Methven Toy Library.[9]

All Saints Anglican Church[edit]

The Anglican Church (1 Chapman Street) was built in 1880.[10]

Methven Post Office[edit]

The Methven Post Office reopened as an Irish bar and restaurant in 2015. The original bank safe and other historical items still remain in the building.[11]

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Methven War Memorial
Mount Hutt Road Board Building (October 2020)
All Saints Church, Methven (October 2020)


List of reserves[edit]

Dark sky preserves of New Zealand
Name Map Area (ha) Designated Type [12] Notes
Aoraki Mackenzie Map 436,700 2012[13] Dark Sky Reserve Application[14]
Aotea Great Barrier Island Map 28,500 2017[15] Dark Sky Sanctuary comments.
Stewart Island / Rakiura Map 174,600 2019 Dark Sky Sanctuary comments.
Wai-iti Map 135 2020[16] Dark Sky Park comments.
Wairarapa Map 366,500 2023 Dark Sky Reserve comments.
Oxford Forest Conservation Area Map 11,350 2024 Dark Sky Park comments.
  1. ^ "Pipe Shed". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Staff devastated after fire damages Methven's Brown Pub". Stuff. 2019-07-02. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  3. ^ "History of The Brown | The Brown Pub – Your True Country Pub". Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  4. ^ "An ode to the faithful old ski pubs". Otago Daily Times Online News. 2020-06-19. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  5. ^ "Methven First World War memorial". nzhistory.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Hall of Memories". Mt Hutt Memorial Hall. Archived from the original on 17 January 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Ashburton District". www.heritage.org.nz. Heritage New Zealand. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Historical significance of Methven's oldest building recognised". The Ashburton Courier. Otago Daily Times. 5 February 2021. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Historic recognition for Roads Board Building in Methven – Ashburton District Council". www.ashburtondc.govt.nz. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ "The Dubliner Irish Bar & Restaurant". Experience Mid-Canterbury. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  12. ^ "International Dark Sky Places". DarkSky International.
  13. ^ "Aoraki Mackenzie". DarkSky International.
  14. ^ An Application to the International Dark-Sky Association for a Starlight Reserve in the Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park and the Mackenzie Basin of the central South Island of New Zealand (PDF). Mackenzie District Council, University of Canterbury, Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand, Department of Conservation. 27 January 2012. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2024.
  15. ^ "Aotea Great Barrier Island". DarkSky International.
  16. ^ "Wai-iti". DarkSky International.
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