St Luke's church and memorial Jutland Oak, Waerenga-a-hika, near Gisborne.
The oak tree commemorated the Battle of Jutland, 1916. Although few New Zealanders fought in this battle, our gift cruiser, HMS New Zealand, saw action as part of the Royal Navy. It is believed the tree was planted in 1916. The church dates from 1910.
In early 2015 the tree was under threat as its size and state of deterioration was becoming a health risk to people visiting the church. In July the tree was removed.
RELATED TO ST LUKE'S CHURCH AND MEMORIAL OAK, WAERENGA-A-HIKA
Events
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31 May 1916
HMS New Zealand fights in the Battle of Jutland
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11 April 1916
Arrival of the NZ Division in France
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21 August 1915
New Zealand mounteds attack Hill 60
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16 October 1914
Main Body of NZEF sails to war
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5 August 1914
New Zealand enters the First World War
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28 June 1914
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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8 February 1915
Ambush in Turkey leads to death of New Zealand seaman
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30 April 1917
William Sanders wins New Zealand's only naval VC
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24 May 1943
Turning point in Battle of the Atlantic
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24 September 1917
Bere Ferrers rail accident
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25 August 1916
First New Zealand soldier executed
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9 May 1915
Kiwi Wimbledon champ killed in battle
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2 April 1915
Anzac soldiers riot in Cairo's Wazzir brothel district
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23 October 1915
Ten NZ nurses lost in Marquette sinking
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19 December 1941
HMS Neptune lost in Mediterranean minefield
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12 April 1913
HMS New Zealand begins tour of NZ
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7 June 1917
The Battle of Messines
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26 June 1918
Wimmera sunk by German mine
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8 August 1915
Wellington Battalion captures Chunuk Bair
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29 August 1914
NZ force captures German Samoa
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7 October 1917
German 'Sea Devil' imprisoned in NZ
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15 December 1915
The evacuation of Gallipoli begins
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2 June 1917
NZ steamer captured by the Wolf
Biographies
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Percival Hall-Thompson
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William Sanders
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Alfred de Bathe Brandon
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Euan Dickson
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Malcolm McGregor
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William Rhodes-Moorhouse
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Keith Caldwell
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William Burn
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Robert Logan
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Ettie Rout
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Archibald Baxter
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Alexander Godley
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James Allen
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Ormond Burton
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Andrew Hamilton Russell
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George Butler
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Nugent Welch
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William Massey
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Samuel Frickleton
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Charles Begg
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Bernard Freyberg
Articles
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Rolls of honour and obituaries
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New Zealand Army Nursing Service
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NZ Railways at war
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The Public Service at war - overview
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First World War by the numbers
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First World War farewells
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The Post and Telegraph Department at war
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Hospital ships
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The War in the air
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NZ's First World War horses
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The Salonika campaign
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Schools and the First World War
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Anzac Day in the Pacific
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First World War art
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The Royal New Zealand Navy
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Featherston camp
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Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment timeline
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Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment timeline
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Pacific aftermath
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Merchant marine
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Researching New Zealand soldiers
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Māori units of the NZEF
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Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment timeline
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British Empire
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Allies
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Central Powers
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Palestine campaign
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Battle of the River Plate
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Sinai campaign
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The Imperial Camel Corps
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Capture of German Samoa
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Armistice Day
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Military mascots
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The Arras tunnels
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Passchendaele: fighting for Belgium
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Supporting the war effort
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The Gallipoli campaign
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Conscientious objection and dissent
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Māori and the First World War
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Battle of the Somme
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First World War - overview
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First World War memorials
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D-Day
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New Zealand and Le Quesnoy
Community contributions