Hokitika Clock Tower, War memorial clock tower in Hokitika, New Zealand

The Hokitika Clock Tower stands on a traffic island in the middle of the main road into town. Its pale stone base is topped by a red-banded section, above which rises a light-coloured square tower with a single round clock face and the word HOKITIKA below it. An arched opening pierces the lower tower, and an open metal framework holding a bell is capped by a dark curved roof.

Built in 1903, the monument honors 130 local men who served in the Second Boer War. Mayor Henry Michel and Premier Richard Seddon were key supporters of its creation.

The tower's Latin motto, Non sibi sed patriae ("Not for self, but for country"), was chosen in a public competition from 40 entries; the winner, Miss Vida Perry, received a one-guinea prize from the mayor. The memorial was unveiled on 3 June 1903, the birthday of the Prince of Wales, before a crowd of 5,000, over 3,000 of whom arrived by train.

The tower stands on a traffic island in the middle of a roundabout where Sewell and Weld streets meet, on the main road into Hokitika. It is best viewed from the surrounding footpaths and crossings rather than approached directly, as traffic circles the island. The square iron fence that once enclosed it has been replaced by a wide circular concrete kerb.

The site in the Sewell and Weld streets intersection had earlier held a memorial to four West Coast pioneers: George Dobson, Charlton Howitt, Henry Whitcombe and Charles Townsend, who drowned or were murdered in the 1860s. That memorial was moved to Hokitika Cemetery before the tower was built.