Roderick Syme

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Roderick Syme {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MBE|size=85%}} (24 February 1900 – 2 May 1994) was a notable New Zealand agricultural instructor, mountaineer, conservationist and alpine sports administrator. He was born in Hāwera, New Zealand, in 1900. In 1931, he climbed a new ridge route on Mount Tasman. The ridge now bears Syme's name. In 1931, he also won the New Zealand long-distance skiing championship.{{DNZB|title=Roderick Syme|first= Ron|last= Lambert|id=4s59|accessdate=23 April 2017}}

In the 1955 Queen's Birthday Honours, Syme was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services as an agricultural instructor and in fostering mountaineering.{{London Gazette |issue=40499 |date=9 June 1955 |page=3303 |supp=3}}