# Kate Wyllie

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**Kate Wyllie** (early 1840s – 4 February 1913) was a New Zealand tribal leader. She was born Kate Halbert. Of [Māori](/source/M%C4%81ori_people) descent, she identified with the [Rongowhakaata](/source/Rongowhakaata) [iwi](/source/Iwi). She was born in [Tutoko](/source/Tutoko), [East Coast](/source/Gisborne_Region), [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand).[1][2] She died in [Remuera](/source/Remuera), [Auckland](/source/Auckland), [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand). She married James Ralston Wyllie on 14 August 1854. In the early 1870s Kate and James Wyllie built a house across the Taruheru River from the [Gisborne](/source/Gisborne,_New_Zealand) township, now known as Wyllie Cottage. After James Wyllie died she later remarried Michael Joseph Gannon (9 June 1881; known as Michael Gannon), a licensed interpreter. Gannon stood unsuccessfully for Parliament in [1881](/source/1881_New_Zealand_general_election) through to [1890](/source/1890_New_Zealand_general_election).

## References

1. Wallace, Eloise (22 December 2015). ["Kate Wyllie's Māori New Testament"](https://tairawhitimuseum.wordpress.com/2015/12/23/kate-wyllies-maori-new-testament/). *tairawhitimuseum blog*. Wordpress. Retrieved 24 January 2016.

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