Ranfurly Milk Bar

Ranfurly, Central Otago

Code: NZORC

Ranfurly’s art deco style arrived in the early 1930s after a series of suspicious fires destroyed a number of buildings, including the town hall and a hotel. The architect who led the rebuilding was greatly influenced by the popular art deco style of the era.

As Ranfurly was the line’s main change-over station, there was just enough time to jump off, head to the Centennial Milk Bar – now an art deco gallery – and gulp down a ‘cuppa and cake’.

The milk bar is one of many art deco buildings on the route of the 50 minute Ranfurly Art Deco Walk (leaflet available from the Maniototo Visitor Information in the old station building).