The list of honorary doctors of the University of Waikato below shows the recipients of honorary doctorates bestowed by the University of Waikato since its foundation in 1964.
Year Recipient 1967 Lord Ballantrae 1968 Pei Te Hurinui Jones 1969 Arthur Nevill 1971 Donald Wilfred Arcus 1971 Denis Rogers 1971 Richard Bristowe Waddington 1979 Te Atairangikaahu 1979 Frank Bateson 1980 Jack Stanford Allan 1982 Henry Rongomau Bennett 1983 Henare Tuwhangai 1984 Ross Jansen 1985 Don Llewellyn 1986 Phyllis Guthardt 1986 Dorothy Jessie Stafford 1986 Rangimārie Hetet Note that from 2011, the official University Calendar has incorrectly listed Rangikaiamokura Wirihana Hetet in place of Rangimārie. 1987 David Tompkins 1990 Norman Kingsbury 1992 Janet Frame 1992 Edwin Morgan 1993 Joy Drayton 1993 Donald Stafford 1994 Silvia Cartwright 1995 Eddie Durie 1994 Malvina Major 1994 Waea Mauriohooho 1994 Charlotte Rachel Anwyl Wallace 1995 Elizabeth Ursula Alley 1995 Wilf Malcolm 1995 Jenny King 1995 Te Huirangi Waikerepuru 1996 Kiri Te Kanawa 1996 Kāterina Mataira 1997 Peter Tapsell 1997 Hiko Hohepa 1997 Manuhuia Bennett 1998 Kevin Roberts 1998 Paul Woodford Day 1999 Doug Graham 1999 Koro Wētere 1999 Gerald Bailey 2000 Neil Finn 2001 Tim Finn 2002 Ida Gaskin 2002 Michael King 2002 Michael MacRae Hanna 2002 Hirini Melbourne 2003 Tui Adams 2004 Margaret Wilson 2004 David Gordon Edgar 2004 Caroline Bennett 2004 Apirana Mahuika 2004 Hare Wakakaraka Puke 2005 Te Wharehuia Milroy 2005 Margaret Mahy 2006 Ken Arvidson 2006 Jeffrey Alexander Jones 2006 Howard Morrison 2006 Bryan Gould 2006 Edmund Hillary 2007 Diggeress Te Kanawa 2008 Brian Richard Perry 2008 John Gallagher 2008 Bill Gallagher 2008 Ruud Kleinpaste 2008 Tīmoti Kāretu 2008 Tessa Duder 2009 Heni Sunderland 2009 Zena Daysh 2009 Peter Godfrey Scott Sergel 2009 Hamish Keith 2009 Wilson Whineray 2009 Lynley Dodd 2010 Max Martin Gibbs 2010 Margaret Bedggood Mulgan 2010 Roka Paora 2010 Jon Mayson 2011 James Judd 2011 Cathy Dewes 2011 Jools Topp 2011 Lynda Topp 2012 Campbell Smith 2012 Roger Hill 2013 Gordon Stephenson 2013 Bernard Thomas Crosby 2013 Susan Devoy 2013 Patrick Hogan 2014 Warren Scotter 2014 Dryden Spring 2015 Dick Tonks 2015 Morehu Ngatoko Rahipere 2016 Roy Crawford 2016 David Moxon 2016 Denis Browne 2016 Tūheitia 2017 Charles Daugherty 2017 Ian George Jowett 2017 Max Gimblett 2017 Helen Clark 2019 Derek Lardelli 2019 Jim Bolger 2020 Lisa Feldman Barrett 2021 Paul Hunt 2021 Wira Gardiner 2024 Paul Adams 2024 Te Ururoa Flavell 2024 Jerry Mateparae 2024 Tureiti Moxon 2025 Te Haumihiata Mason 2025 Anand Satyanand
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