Adrian G. Rodda

Infobox Officeholder
name =Adrian G. Rodda
honorific-suffix =CMG


caption =
office =Chairman of the State Services Commission
term_start =1967
term_end =1970
primeminister =Keith Holyoake
predecessor =Leonard A. Atkinson
successor =Ian G. Lythgoe CB
birth_place =

Adrian George Rodda CMG (11 March1911 - 31 October1997) was a senior New Zealand civil servant.

He was born in Wellington, and educated at Johnsonville School, Wellington College and Victoria University College.

Rodda's career began in the Inland Revenue Department (New Zealand) in 1928, and he was also in the Housing Construction Division. He was in the first Diploma of Public Administration group in 1940. He joined the Public Service Commission in 1946 as an inspector, and became Chairman of the Commission in 1967.

He died in Hutt Hospital, aged 86 years.

References

*"Notable New Zealanders" (1979, Paul Hamblyn, Auckland)
*"Death Notice" Dominion, 1 November 1997 (page 63)
*cite book|author=Henderson, Alan|title=The Quest for Efficiency:The Origins of the State Services Commission|ISBN=0477055389