Gavin Yates
Gavin Harrison Yates was Anglican Dean of Christ Church [Cathedral, Nelson|Nelson] from 1970 until 1981.
Yates was educated at the University of Canterbury and ordained in 1962. His first post was a curacy at Saint [Paul's Cathedral, Wellington]. He was Assistant Director of the Diocese of Wellington’s Christian Education Council then Vicar of Westport before his appointment as Dean. Yates was also interim Dean of Dunedin during 2008.