The list of Honorary Doctors of the University of Otago below shows the recipients of honorary doctorates bestowed by the University of Otago since 1962. Prior to this date honoris causa were conferred by the University of New Zealand; see the list of honorary doctors of the University of New Zealand.

Year Recipient Degree 1962 Robert J. T. Bell LLD 1962 Percy Gowland DSc 1962 Charles Hercus LLD 1962 Hubert Ryburn LLD 1962 Harry Skinner LittD 1963 Charles Brasch LittD 1963 Esmond de Beer LittD 1965 Dick Willett DSc 1967 Elizabeth Gregory LLD 1967 Frederick Soper DSc 1968 Muriel Bell DSc 1968 Arthur Porritt LLD 1968 Carl Smith LLD 1969 Robert Aitken LLD 1969 Harold Barrowclough LLD 1969 Jack Bates LLD 1969 Arthur Beacham LLD 1969 John Beaglehole LittD 1969 Clarence Beeby LLD 1969 Basil Bibby DSc 1969 Charles Coulson DSc 1969 Derek Denny-Brown DSc 1969 Jock Hayward LLD 1969 Allen Johnston LLD 1969 John A. Lee LLD 1969 Douglas Lilburn MusD 1969 William Morrell LittD 1969 John Robson LLD 1970 Arnold Nordmeyer LLD 1972 Herbert Purves DSc 1972 Robin Williams LLD 1973 Kamisese Mara LLD 1974 Jack Holloway DSc 1975 Charles Burns DSc 1975 Ronald Christie LLD 1975 Eric D'Ath DSc 1975 Russell Fraser DSc 1975 Edward Sayers DSc 1975 Horace Smirk DSc 1975 John Stallworthy DSc 1975 John Walsh DSc 1975 Stanley Wilson DSc 1976 Lloyd Geering DD 1976 Harold Turner DD 1978 Janet Frame LittD 1978 Ruth Dallas LittD 1978 John Harris LLD 1978 Stuart Sidey LLD 1979 Terry Rodgers DSc 1979 Jack Somerville LLD 1979 Garfield Todd LLD 1981 Charles, Prince of Wales LittD 1982 Maurice Joel LLD 1984 Dan Davin LittD 1984 Norman Davis LittD 1989 Allan Wilson DSc 1990 Shridath Ramphal LLD 1990 Bruce Robertson LLD 1990 Jim Valentine LLD 1993 Silvia Cartwright LLD 1993 Robin Irvine LLD 1993 Haji Sulaiman bin Haji Daud LLD 1993 Iona Williams LLD 1994 Neville Bain LLD 1994 Dorothy Fraser LLD 1994 Douglas Girvan LLD 1994 Alan Horsman LittD 1994 Ralph Hotere LLD 1994 William Southgate MusD 1995 William Fyfe DSc 1996 James Ng LittD 1996 Peter Tapsell LLD 1997 Murray Brennan DSc 1997 Frank Holmes LLD 1997 Alison Holst DSc 1997 Mazlan binti Othman DSc 1998 Judith Mayhew LLD 1998 Judith Medlicott LLD 1998 Hone Tuwhare LittD 1999 Annette Baier LittD 1999 Geoffrey Cox LittD 1999 George Griffiths LittD 1999 Julian Jack DSc 2000 George Knight DD 2000 Ian McDonald DSc 2000 John Mackie DSc 2000 Leo Moggie LLD 2000 George Petersen DSc 2000 Graham Stanton DD 2001 Ahmad Azizuddin Bin Zainal Abidin LLD 2001 Shona Dunlop MacTavish LittD 2002 Christopher de Hamel LittD 2002 Allan Hubbard LLD 2003 Eion Edgar LLD 2004 Graeme Fogelberg LLD 2004 Paratene Ngata LLD 2005 Thomas Davis LLD 2005 Bill Manhire LittD 2005 Michael Stedman LLD 2005 Jeremy Waldron LLD 2006 Malcolm Grant LLD 2006 Beryl Howie DSc 2007 John Gavin DSc 2007 John Hall-Jones LLD 2007 Mary McAleese LLD 2007 Patricia Payne MusD 2007 Mary Ronnie LittD 2007 Robert Webster DSc 2008 Lindsay Brown LLD 2008 Mason Durie LLD 2008 Ted McCoy LLD 2008 Cilla McQueen LittD 2009 Barbara Anderson LittD 2009 Michael Cullen LLD 2009 Shirley Murray LittD 2009 Paul Oestreicher DD 2009 Trevor Scott LLD 2010 James Flynn DSc 2010 Marilynn Webb LLD 2011 David Skegg LLD 2011 Brian Turner LittD 2013 Audrey Eagle DSc 2013 Helen Heslop DSc 2014 Christine French LLD 2014 Peter Gluckman DSc 2014 Alan Mark DSc 2014 Graeme Marsh DCom 2015 Ian Farrant DCom 2017 Stanley Paris LLD 2017 Graeme Hart DCom 2018 John Ward LLD2018 Norman Geary DCom 2019 Forrest Miller LLD 2019 Bridget Williams LittD 2019 Bill English LLD 2019 Viopapa Annandale-Atherton LLD 2019 Atholl Anderson LLD 2019 Brigid Inder LLD 2019 Bill Robertson DSc 2019 John Judge DCom 2019 Clive Ross LLD 2019 Julian Smith LLD 2019 Carla Van Zon LLD 2019 Bridget Williams LittD 2021 Harlene Hayne LLD 2022 Royden Somerville LLD 2022 Ian Taylor DCom 2023 Donald Malcolm McRae LLD 2023 Mindy Chen-Wishart LLD 2023 Wilson Isaac LLD 2023 Mai Chen LLD 2024 Richard Faull DSc 2024 Stephen Higgs LLD 2024 Linda Holloway LLD 2024 Helen Nicholson LLD 2025 Ulu Aiono DCom 2025 Richard Blaikie DSc 2025 John Broughton DSc 2025 Edward Ellison LLD 2025 David Gerrard DSc 2025 Joji Malani DSc 2025 David Paterson LLD 2025 Dinah Reddihough DSc 2025 Margaret Sparrow DSc 2026 Jonathan Lemalu MusD

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