E Hine!, was funded by the Arts Council Te Waka Toi (now Creative New Zealand), and explored the legacy of Māori women.
[3] She has featured on a number of recordings, including collaborating with Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns on the DVD Te Hekenga-ā-Rangi in 2003.
[3] Yates-Smith's work was the inspiration for the video game MāoriGrl by her daughter Kahurangiariki Smith, and the digital exhibition of the same name held in the Depot Artspace in Devonport in 2018.
[7] The exhibition reinterpreted the story of Hine-tītama /Hine-nui-te-pō, the woman who became the goddess of death in Māori mythology.
[2] In 1992 Yates-Smith won a Fulbright Scholarship to visit the East–West Center at the University of Hawai'i in Manoa.