[Release] Add release notes for Arrow Go 18.1.0

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+title: "Apache Arrow Go 18.1.0 Release"
+date: "2025-01-13 00:00:00"
+author: pmc
+categories: [release]
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+The Apache Arrow team is pleased to announce the v18.1.0 release of Apache Arrow Go. 
+This minor release covers 32 commits from 6 distinct contributors.
+
+## Contributors
+```console
+$ git shortlog -sn v18.0.0..v18.1.0
+    24	Matt Topol
+     2	Sutou Kouhei
+     2	Todd Treece
+     1	Nick Ripley
+     1	Raúl Cumplido
+     1	Ruihao Chen
+```
+
+## Changelog
+
+### What's Changed
+* GH-19: Add Code Of Conduct by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/161
+* GH-22: Add issue template by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/163
+* GH-26: Add Codeowners by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/160
+* GH-41: [Array] Make String and Binary consistent by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/165
+* fix(arrow/compute): fix scenario where prealloc output is missed by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/167
+* fix: don't clobber saved frame pointer in arm64 assembly functions by @nsrip-dd in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/170
+* fix(parquet): Reading UUID columns by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/173
+* fix(arrow/compute): compare kernels with UUID by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/174
+* GH-23: Add PR template by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/164
+* ci: add self-assignable issues by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/176
+* feat(arrow/compute): Implement kernel for "not" function by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/178
+* fix(arrow/cdata): handle export struct with no fields by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/175
+* feat(arrow/compute): make is_nan dispatchable by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/177
+* GH-20: Add CONTRIBUTING.md by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/162
+* chore: bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.67.1 to 1.68.0 by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/190
+* feat(arrow/cdata): Add Implementation of Async C Data interface by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/169
+* fix(arrow/memory/internal/cgoalloc): Remove usage of reflect.SliceHeader by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/194
+* ci: update pkg-config to pkgconf on Homebrew by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/198
+* ci: use correct GitHub Actions permission "contents" instead of "content" by @raulcd in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/200
+* feat(arrow/ipc): add functions to generate payloads by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/196
+* fix(internal/json): add arrow_json_stdlib build tag by @toddtreece in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/199
+* feat(parquet/pqarrow): Add ForceLarge option by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/197
+* fix(parquet/metadata): fix default unsigned int statistics by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/210
+* chore: bump github.com/goccy/go-json to v0.10.4 by @toddtreece in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/218
+* feat(parquet): Move footerOffset into FileMetaData by @joechenrh in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/217
+* feat(arrow/ipc): implement lazy loading/zero-copy for IPC files by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/216
+* chore(arrow/compute/expr): upgrade substrait-go by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/234
+* chore: Update the project URL in apache/arrow-go by @kou in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/239
+* chore: Enable Java integration test by @kou in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/240
+* feat(parquet): Add support for Page Indexes by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/223
+* chore: bump version by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/241
+
+### New Contributors
+* @nsrip-dd made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/170
+* @toddtreece made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/199
+* @joechenrh made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/217
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/compare/v18.0.0...v18.1.0