Cromwell woman Elsie McIvor spends time with her great granddaughter Isla Clarke (7) at her 100th birthday party on Thursday. From the advice Cromwell centenarian Elsie McIvor gives to others, it is clear she is not fond of a stationary life. Mrs McIvor lives in a house in Cromwell with Mrs Clarke and her husband Garry. Mrs McIvor was born Jessie Marion Elsie Mason in Dunedin, before her family moved to Bannockburn. I could look after myself here if I needed to," Mrs McIvor says.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 18, 2016 17:08 UTC