Invercargill

A Queenstown man is on trial in the Invercargill District Court on three charges of violence against his former partner.

After nearly a century, a young soldier from Southland killed in World War 1 is being honoured in his home town.

Despite turning 110 today, Maudie Wilson insists she is nothing out of the ordinary.

Most families hand down cherished heirlooms of jewellery or precious ornaments through the generations.