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The "Formerly The Blackball Hilton" is an old pub on Hilton street. It was forced to change its name by legal action from the Hilton Hotel chain, who felt its picturesque standards were too high. Not that anybody believed the character-filled Blackball Hilton had anything to do with the boring multi-national company.
Formerly The Blackball Hilton is a tourist mecca now. The pub plus a salami shop are the main activities in Blackball. The craft shop, also shown here, is totally unknown, despite its two not-to-be-confused doors.
Formerly the Blackball Hilton is important in New Zealand History for it was here the New Zealand Labour Party was born. By 1925, the Communist Party headquarters were moved from Wellington to here. Original red banners used by the miners are still stored inside, things like:
"United we stand, divided we fall",
"No scab workers".
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