An Account of New Zealand (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) (Paperback)

Rev. William Yate (1802-1877) was born in England. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a grocer. After finishing his apprenticeship, he determined to become a missionary. He sailed for New Zealand in 1827. His tasks were to make a study of the Maori language, and to teach in the mission schools. Amongst his works are An Account of New Zealand (1835), A Letter to the Committee of the Church Missionary Society (1836) and To the Parishioners of St. James Church Sydney (1836).