Chinese settlements are located in Arrow Town, New Zealand, because the gold rush in Arrow Town in the 19th century attracted Chinese workers to join the ranks of gold seekers. In those years, they relied on the bond of clan and origin as spiritual support to form a self-sufficient small society. Most of the buildings that reshaped the town's 100-year-old model of Chinese workers'settlements were abandoned after the 1920s. In 1983, under the guidance of the Archaeological Department of the University of Otago, the New Zealand Government reconstructed the Chinese workers'settlements on the original site, reproducing the living conditions of Chinese miners more than 100 years ago. A total of 21 buildings were built, including shops and dormitories.