Williams & Kettle
| Company type | Public listed company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Stock & Station Agency, General Merchants |
| Founded | 21 May 1891 in Napier, New Zealand |
| Founders | F W Williams and N Kettle |
| Defunct | 1 June 2005 |
| Fate | bought by Wrightson in 2005 |
| Successor | PGG Wrightson |
| Headquarters | Wilket House, Shakespeare Road, Napier, New Zealand |
Area served | North Island East Coast — Poverty Bay and more |
Williams & Kettle Limited with headquarters in Napier, New Zealand, owned a stock and station agency business and a general merchants business with branches throughout the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. Incorporated as a co-operative in 1891, it had been founded in 1885 by landowner and businessman Frederic Williams (1854–1940) with Nathaniel Kettle (1854–1940), a brother-in-law of John Roberts the local principal of Dunedin's Murray Roberts and a former Murray Roberts & Co employee.