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The Greyhound Hotel at Arahura, 1995
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DescriptionThe Greyhound Hotel at Arahura, 1995.
Love the way the corner has been shaped to fit the road.Date of Photo1995Map[1] ContributorRichard Howe
Love the way the corner has been shaped to fit the road.Date of Photo1995Map[1] ContributorRichard Howe
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Location (city or town)ArahuraLandmark (Place)The Greyhound Hotel at ArahuraOrganisation (eg business) Greyhound Hotel
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Date Created24th October 2021CommentsDen O'Brien
Is it still there?? I heard the rumor that it was pulled down or burnt down a few years ago
Colin Sandra Moss
Den O'Brien no it has gone.
Bronwyn Foster
Den O'Brien burnt down 12th June not sure what year.
Ann Bradley
Den O'Brien It burned down over 20 years ago. The road no longer goes that way since the new bridge was built.
David Meech
or did the road shape the building?
Robert Porter
Stopped a few times at that pub back in the day when we used to go to and from Hoki and Woodstock back in the day
Don McNarn
Past it many times as a medical rep
Arthur Bass
Had the odd one in there. Bill Henderson, Mine Host.
Nina Townsend
Lol i remember looking out the end window & seeing a bright yellow vw coming along. I sd to my m8 check this colour out but as she stood at another window the car didnt appear so we go outside to check it out & heres this poor dude climbing outa the di… See More
Michelle Gaulter
Nina Townsend what year would that have been Nina?
Heather Taylor
Many a good day spent there
Lynne Kearns-Corbett
Was my brothers watering hole before it burned down
Dave Ogle
One Friday night maybe late 70s, one of that close to the edge Seaview psych nurse crowd came in. She had a very classy old english car, an Armstrong Siddley ?? which had cost her a fortune to keep on the road. She screamed " I sold It!!" and hurled 10… See More
Mary Gibson
Knew it as Scott base. Stayed there one night 62years ago. Duke Pryor knew the owner.
Arlene Hutcheon
I remember this place. My mum and dad used to pass it when on our way to my Grandparents place in Hoki. Wasn't it called the Greyhound Hotel or something and painted green? That was in the 60s, 70s?
Trevor Hutt
Been hammed in that place heaps of times.
Lynn Turnbull
Jeeperz thats a blast from the past lol
David Wills
Lynn Turnbull yes i remember that corner very well too....
Bob Laing
I understand the Ministry of Works engineer responsible for that corner was a mate of the publican of the day. After the road was built and more senior MWD managers saw the road the engineer was sacked.
Steve Rodda
Bob Laing give that man a DB not the sack
Sue Maree Aitken
Many accidents on that corner. Horrendous
Clare Pierson
Sue Maree Aitken really?
Sue Maree Aitken
Clare Pierson yeah way way back
Shirley Michael Palmer
I remember going there
Shirley Michael Palmer
Thank you for sharing this!
Ian Miller
I recall that and went around it many times, each time wondering why they hadn't moved it back a bit.
Steven Harris
Was burnt down 1990/91,stopped my school bus to pick kids up at this pub...
Linda Griffin
Great place for sunday drinking
Trish Barry Andrews
Spent some of my last moments as a free man in side and years before that had to wait outside while Bert Stephens got the dust out of his throat, Baz
Phyllis Aberhart
It was one of those places I was going to stop at but never got round to it
Peter Finch
Came to grief on that corner a couple of times on my 350cc Vellocette
Rhonda Donaldson
I always remember going there ,didn't always remember leaving lol
Elizabeth Mehrtens
worked there for I while and got my bar managers license thanks to Durham Havill, had lots of great times, One of the most memorable was a night we had an auction to raise funds for a new church, Durham being a good auctioneer air had a pig to auction off, oh I thought this would be good I lol pork, well it turned out it was a piglet and alive, oh shit never mind my father inlaw could raise it and we would go half each so in the boot it went took it home put it in the washhouse for the night but yip pigs are smart next morning it was in the lounge then my father inlaw didn,t want it so what next, yip Marty Muir so I rang him and he laughed, Liz I, ve been waiting for you to ring so Marty to the rescue
Andrew Maika
Spent time in there as a kid whanau from the Arahura Pa. Drunk there after nightshift on the dredge. Uncle Bill Henderson and Aunty Nin had it for awhile. Awesome memories.
Rauma McIlwraith
Andrew Maika They where a lovely couple
Jack Stewart
Used to stop there on rugby bus trips. 7oz beers
Marilyn Paterson
That’s a good story one you’ll never forget!
Alison Armstrong
Yip. Passed it every trip to Greymouth and Christchurch.
Ash Pace
What a pub
Richard Cudmore
Many good nite there with boss hogg !!!
Stacey Ross
Paddy young was my granddad and spent most of my Saturday night there waiting for him to go home,with the fish and chips great times.
Chris Jacobs
Can someone tell me all the owners of this hotel
Les Holmes Germanicus
I remember just after it burned down and befiore they re routed the highway. On a tin shed on the property some wag painted a sign...Lounge Bar. That was a bit of a laugh.George Brown
A big loss to the coast a real old fashioned watering hole !
Adam Tainui
Oh so many stories to tell about this place and the memories are absolutely priceless, from a young follow drinking bottles of Coke & eating bags of chips in the car waiting for them to finish drinking to full grown man sinking a few beers on a Friday night with the legends of the mighty Greyhound! Nigel Tainui have you any of uncle Hupps clippings to share because those write ups he used to do were awesome and the only way to describe those boys who were all legends in their own right! Now I’ll share a story around the corner of the building you can see & if you look hard enough you can see a concrete slab & believe it or not that was the front entrance of the pub. That angle on the pub that hugs the road, that wasn’t always like that lol & was changed because a couple of trucks/cars or Gordon Thomson’s god rest he’s sole who kept taking the corner of the pub out on the way home. Prompting I think uncle Bill Henderson & if not him Boss Hog to change the entrance and redesign the corner of the pub. If Nigel does post some of Uncle Hupps paper clips up do ya self a favour and read them, You will not regret it!
Mike Wall
Yep had a few good nights at the bar , great people and memories.
Ngaire McGregor
Great memories. Played many games of pool and darts in the Greyhound. Just after it burned down the Seaview Social Club did a mystery bus trip. First stop Greyhound to pay our respects and reminisce.
Barbara Scott
Had my first drink in a bar there, I was 4, Grandad sat me on the bar and bought me a raspberry
Lois Little
Yep I had to sit in car while dad had a beer was one pub he liked to go to sometimes on a Saturday nite,there an Woodstock specially new year
Mike Bell
Remember Paul Forbes was proprietor around late 80’s & Taffy Lamond was area Mgr for Lion.
Lara Pollard
I worked there for a bit with Boss Hogg who was famous for taking off into Hoki on a busy night. We had a Durham Havill auction to raise funds for the senior women's softball team. Someone fashioned a tie to go on Boss, with a chain that was fix to a pole so he couldn't take off problem was he couldn't reach the bar to help out the staff. Many stories to tell here
Adele Stuart
Many of gd times coming home frm greymouth on the kiwi rugby football bus... and in the wood chopping days many off gd times there
Is it still there?? I heard the rumor that it was pulled down or burnt down a few years ago
Colin Sandra Moss
Den O'Brien no it has gone.
Bronwyn Foster
Den O'Brien burnt down 12th June not sure what year.
Ann Bradley
Den O'Brien It burned down over 20 years ago. The road no longer goes that way since the new bridge was built.
David Meech
or did the road shape the building?
Robert Porter
Stopped a few times at that pub back in the day when we used to go to and from Hoki and Woodstock back in the day
Don McNarn
Past it many times as a medical rep
Arthur Bass
Had the odd one in there. Bill Henderson, Mine Host.
Nina Townsend
Lol i remember looking out the end window & seeing a bright yellow vw coming along. I sd to my m8 check this colour out but as she stood at another window the car didnt appear so we go outside to check it out & heres this poor dude climbing outa the di… See More
Michelle Gaulter
Nina Townsend what year would that have been Nina?
Heather Taylor
Many a good day spent there
Lynne Kearns-Corbett
Was my brothers watering hole before it burned down
Dave Ogle
One Friday night maybe late 70s, one of that close to the edge Seaview psych nurse crowd came in. She had a very classy old english car, an Armstrong Siddley ?? which had cost her a fortune to keep on the road. She screamed " I sold It!!" and hurled 10… See More
Mary Gibson
Knew it as Scott base. Stayed there one night 62years ago. Duke Pryor knew the owner.
Arlene Hutcheon
I remember this place. My mum and dad used to pass it when on our way to my Grandparents place in Hoki. Wasn't it called the Greyhound Hotel or something and painted green? That was in the 60s, 70s?
Trevor Hutt
Been hammed in that place heaps of times.
Lynn Turnbull
Jeeperz thats a blast from the past lol
David Wills
Lynn Turnbull yes i remember that corner very well too....
Bob Laing
I understand the Ministry of Works engineer responsible for that corner was a mate of the publican of the day. After the road was built and more senior MWD managers saw the road the engineer was sacked.
Steve Rodda
Bob Laing give that man a DB not the sack
Sue Maree Aitken
Many accidents on that corner. Horrendous
Clare Pierson
Sue Maree Aitken really?
Sue Maree Aitken
Clare Pierson yeah way way back
Shirley Michael Palmer
I remember going there
Shirley Michael Palmer
Thank you for sharing this!
Ian Miller
I recall that and went around it many times, each time wondering why they hadn't moved it back a bit.
Steven Harris
Was burnt down 1990/91,stopped my school bus to pick kids up at this pub...
Linda Griffin
Great place for sunday drinking
Trish Barry Andrews
Spent some of my last moments as a free man in side and years before that had to wait outside while Bert Stephens got the dust out of his throat, Baz
Phyllis Aberhart
It was one of those places I was going to stop at but never got round to it
Peter Finch
Came to grief on that corner a couple of times on my 350cc Vellocette
Rhonda Donaldson
I always remember going there ,didn't always remember leaving lol
Elizabeth Mehrtens
worked there for I while and got my bar managers license thanks to Durham Havill, had lots of great times, One of the most memorable was a night we had an auction to raise funds for a new church, Durham being a good auctioneer air had a pig to auction off, oh I thought this would be good I lol pork, well it turned out it was a piglet and alive, oh shit never mind my father inlaw could raise it and we would go half each so in the boot it went took it home put it in the washhouse for the night but yip pigs are smart next morning it was in the lounge then my father inlaw didn,t want it so what next, yip Marty Muir so I rang him and he laughed, Liz I, ve been waiting for you to ring so Marty to the rescue
Andrew Maika
Spent time in there as a kid whanau from the Arahura Pa. Drunk there after nightshift on the dredge. Uncle Bill Henderson and Aunty Nin had it for awhile. Awesome memories.
Rauma McIlwraith
Andrew Maika They where a lovely couple
Jack Stewart
Used to stop there on rugby bus trips. 7oz beers
Marilyn Paterson
That’s a good story one you’ll never forget!
Alison Armstrong
Yip. Passed it every trip to Greymouth and Christchurch.
Ash Pace
What a pub
Richard Cudmore
Many good nite there with boss hogg !!!
Stacey Ross
Paddy young was my granddad and spent most of my Saturday night there waiting for him to go home,with the fish and chips great times.
Chris Jacobs
Can someone tell me all the owners of this hotel
Les Holmes Germanicus
I remember just after it burned down and befiore they re routed the highway. On a tin shed on the property some wag painted a sign...Lounge Bar. That was a bit of a laugh.George Brown
A big loss to the coast a real old fashioned watering hole !
Adam Tainui
Oh so many stories to tell about this place and the memories are absolutely priceless, from a young follow drinking bottles of Coke & eating bags of chips in the car waiting for them to finish drinking to full grown man sinking a few beers on a Friday night with the legends of the mighty Greyhound! Nigel Tainui have you any of uncle Hupps clippings to share because those write ups he used to do were awesome and the only way to describe those boys who were all legends in their own right! Now I’ll share a story around the corner of the building you can see & if you look hard enough you can see a concrete slab & believe it or not that was the front entrance of the pub. That angle on the pub that hugs the road, that wasn’t always like that lol & was changed because a couple of trucks/cars or Gordon Thomson’s god rest he’s sole who kept taking the corner of the pub out on the way home. Prompting I think uncle Bill Henderson & if not him Boss Hog to change the entrance and redesign the corner of the pub. If Nigel does post some of Uncle Hupps paper clips up do ya self a favour and read them, You will not regret it!
Mike Wall
Yep had a few good nights at the bar , great people and memories.
Ngaire McGregor
Great memories. Played many games of pool and darts in the Greyhound. Just after it burned down the Seaview Social Club did a mystery bus trip. First stop Greyhound to pay our respects and reminisce.
Barbara Scott
Had my first drink in a bar there, I was 4, Grandad sat me on the bar and bought me a raspberry
Lois Little
Yep I had to sit in car while dad had a beer was one pub he liked to go to sometimes on a Saturday nite,there an Woodstock specially new year
Mike Bell
Remember Paul Forbes was proprietor around late 80’s & Taffy Lamond was area Mgr for Lion.
Lara Pollard
I worked there for a bit with Boss Hogg who was famous for taking off into Hoki on a busy night. We had a Durham Havill auction to raise funds for the senior women's softball team. Someone fashioned a tie to go on Boss, with a chain that was fix to a pole so he couldn't take off problem was he couldn't reach the bar to help out the staff. Many stories to tell here
Adele Stuart
Many of gd times coming home frm greymouth on the kiwi rugby football bus... and in the wood chopping days many off gd times there
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West Coast New Zealand History (4th Nov 2021). The Greyhound Hotel at Arahura, 1995. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 8th Apr 2026 01:46, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/30249