Dylan Taite

Dylan Taite (1939-2003) was a music journalist who worked in Hamilton. Born in Liverpool, Taite immigrated to New Zealand with his parents from Liverpool in the 1960s. Taite became the drummer in the band the Merseymen (at which time he went under the pseudonym Jett Rink), who had residency at Auckland's Beatle Inn. The band released one album (A Night At The Beatle Inn) and five singles.

Taite's first job in journalism was as a proof reader at the Waikato Times. He moved from there to a Hamilton radio station, and then to Television New Zealand in 1970 as a reporter on television show Top Half, which was broadcast between North Cape to Turangi. On Top Half, the producers struggled to get him to focus on Hamilton content.

Among Taite's most notable interview subjects were Bob Marley and Lou Reed. While living in London in 1976, he spent time with Malcolm McLaren, an it was Taite who reputedly gave McClaren the idea that the Sex Pistols should sign their contract to EMI outside Buckingham Palace.