Services have been held in the South to commemorate 100 years since the end of the Great War. On November 11 at 11am, the Armistice was signed, ending World War 1 held from 1914-18. In Queenstown, Armistice Day was marked by the ringing of church bells and the sounding of the TSS Earnslaw's horn. The congregation at a service at St Peter's, in the resort's town centre, observed a two-minute silence that was broken at 11am with the playing of the Last Post and the ringing of the church's bell. Out in Queenstown Bay, the 106-year-old steamship sounded its horn as the clock struck 11.armistice_qtown_trumpet.jpg Emma Wilson plays the 'Last Post' at the doors of St Peter's Church in Queenstown this morning.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 10, 2018 22:30 UTC