The Revd. 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. 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.[4]
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. Matthew; the first four chapters of the Gospel according to St. John; the first six chapters of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians; parts of the Liturgy and Catechism.[5]
In 1830 he was appointed to lead Te Waimate mission,[6][7] 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.[8][9]
^Bedggood, W.E. (1971). Brief History of St John Baptist Church Te Waimate. News, Kaikohe.
^Judith, Binney (1 September 2010). "Yate, William – Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 24 September 2011.