

Early New Zealand Books (ENZB), University of Auckland Library. Real gold : treasures of Auckland City Libraries. An Account of New Zealand: And of the Formation and Progress of the Church Missionary Society's Mission in the Northern Island. In 1830 he was appointed to lead Te Waimate mission, however reports of his sexual encounters with young Māori men became a matter of controversy and he was dismissed from the CMS in June 1834. Paul to the Corinthians parts of the Liturgy and Catechism. John the first six chapters of the Epistle of St. Matthew the first four chapters of the Gospel according to St. In 1830 during Yate's stay in Sydney, he supervised the printing of an edition of 550 copies of a translations of the first three chapters of the Book of Genesis the first eight chapters of the Gospel according to St. With only a fortnight's training as a printer in Sydney, New South-Wales, however, he found the task exasperatingly difficult and attempted nothing further on his press.

Yate took a small printing press with him to the Bay of Islands and used it to produce a version of the third catechism in Māori, Ko te katihama III.

Yate arrived in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand on 19 January 1828 on Herald. Yate learned the Māori language and had Christian texts printed in Sydney for his work. He was ordained as a deacon of the Church of England on 18 December 1825, and priest on. He joined the Church Missionary Society (CMS) and entered the Church Missionary Society College, Islington, London, in 1825. He was born in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England in 1802. William Yate (3 November 1802 – 26 July 1877) was one of the earliest New Zealand missionaries and writers who worked for the Church Mission Society.
