# List of honorary doctors of Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University of Wellington has conferred the following honorary doctorates:
| Year | Recipient | Degree |
| 1963 | Walter Nash | LLD |
| 1964 | John Ilott | LLD |
| 1965 | Ernest Marsden | DSc |
| 1966 | Keith Holyoake | LLD |
| 1966 | John Llewellyn | LLD |
| 1966 | Harold Miller | LitD |
| 1967 | Charles Fleming | DSc |
| 1967 | Rex Mason | LLD |
| 1968 | John Beaglehole | LitD |
| 1968 | Thurgood Marshall | LLD |
| 1968 | James Williams | LLD |
| 1969 | Guy Powles | LLD |
| 1969 | Richard Wild | LLD |
| 1970 | C. E. Beeby | LitD |
| 1970 | Edmund Hillary | LLD |
| 1971 | William Liley | DSc |
| 1971 | Philip Patrick Lynch | LLD |
| 1971 | Duncan Stout | LLD |
| 1972 | Rewi Alley | LitD |
| 1973 | Arthur Tyndall | LLD |
| 1974 | Vincent Aspey | DMus |
| 1975 | Denis Glover | LitD |
| 1975 | Jack Marshall | LLD |
| 1975 | Gwen Somerset | LLD |
| 1976 | Monte Holcroft | LitD |
| 1976 | Masiofo Laulu Fetauimalemau Mataʻafa | LLD |
| 1976 | Richard Spence Volkmann Simpson | LLD |
| 1977 | Ian Drummond Campbell | LLD |
| 1977 | Bruce Mason | LitD |
| 1978 | Thaddeus McCarthy | LLD |
| 1978 | John O'Shea | LitD |
| 1978 | Owen Woodhouse | LLD |
| 1979 | Graham Bagnall | LitD |
| 1979 | Eruera Riini Mānuera | LitD |
| 1979 | Whakaari Te Rangitakuku Mete-Kingi | LLD |
| 1979 | Holmes Miller | DSc |
| 1979 | Hēnare Ngata | LLD |
| 1980 | Walter Scott | LitD |
| 1980 | Kazimierz Wodzicki | DSc |
| 1981 | James Munro Bertram | LitD |
| 1983 | Doug Anthony | LLD |
| 1983 | Robert Burchfield | LitD |
| 1983 | Peter de la Mare | DSc |
| 1983 | Daniel Brumhall Cochrane Taylor | LLD |
| 1983 | Gillian Weir | DMus |
| 1984 | Henry Lang | LLD |
| 1984 | Kevin Benjamin O'Brien | LLD |
| 1984 | Ron Trotter | LLD |
| 1985 | John Ziman | DSc |
| 1986 | Wiremu Parker | LitD |
| 1987 | George Paterson Barton | LLD |
| 1987 | Sonja Davies | LLD |
| 1987 | Maurice Gee | LitD |
| 1987 | Peter Whittle | DSc |
| 1988 | Malcolm McCaw | LLD |
| 1988 | Ian Ambury Miller Prior | DSc |
| 1989 | Robin Cooke | LLD |
| 1989 | Patricia Grace | LitD |
| 1989 | Paul Reeves | LLD |
| 1989 | Ivor Richardson | LLD |
| 1990 | Raymond Boyce | LitD |
| 1990 | Eddie Durie | LLD |
| 1990 | John Hickman | DSc |
| 1990 | Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie | LLD |
| 1990 | W. H. Oliver | LitD |
| 1990 | Ieremia Tabai | LLD |
| 1991 | Doreen Blumhardt | LitD |
| 1991 | John Douglas Fraser | LLD |
| 1991 | Trevor Hatherton | DSc |
| 1991 | John Mansfield Thomson | DMus |
| 1992 | Colin Aikman | LLD |
| 1992 | John McGrath | LLD |
| 1992 | Janet Paul | LitD |
| 1993 | Geraldine McDonald | LitD |
| 1993 | Frances Porter | LitD |
| 1993 | Margaret Sparrow | DSc |
| 1993 | Mira Szászy | LLD |
| 1994 | Poul Gnatt | LitD |
| 1995 | Douglas Gray | LitD |
| 1995 | Václav Havel | LitD |
| 1995 | Bill Robinson | DSc |
| 1996 | Neil Ashcroft | DSc |
| 1996 | Roger Hall | LitD |
| 1996 | Rose Pere | LitD |
| 1997 | Michael Hardie Boys | LLD |
| 1997 | Michael King | LitD |
| 1997 | Donald McKenzie | LitD |
| 1997 | Elizabeth Orr | LitD |
| 1998 | Thomas Eichelbaum | LLD |
| 1998 | Les Holborow | LLD |
| 1998 | Miria Simpson | LitD |
| 1999 | Ian Axford | DSc |
| 1999 | Alistair Te Ariki Campbell | LitD |
| 1999 | Jane Campion | LitD |
| 1999 | Roderick Deane | LLD |
| 1999 | Ken Douglas | LLD |
| 1999 | Alan MacDiarmid | DSc |
| 1999 | Aung San Suu Kyi | LLD |
| 1999 | Te Atairangikaahu | LLD |
| 2000 | Ian Athfield | LitD |
| 2001 | Denis Adam | LitD |
| 2001 | Alexander Malahoff | DSc |
| 2002 | Gordon Harold Brown | LitD |
| 2002 | Lyell Cresswell | DMus |
| 2002 | Michael Kelly | DSc |
| 2002 | George Laking | LLD |
| 2002 | Geoffrey Palmer | LLD |
| 2002 | Kara Puketapu | LLD |
| 2002 | David J. Stevenson | DSc |
| 2003 | Jacquie Baxter | LitD |
| 2003 | Glenn Schaeffer | LitD |
| 2003 | Gillian Whitehead | DMus |
| 2003 | Leslie Young | DCom |
| 2003 | Alison Quentin-Baxter | LLD |
| 2003 | Tīmoti Kāretu | LitD |
| 2004 | David Caygill | DCom |
| 2004 | Koro Dewes | LitD |
| 2004 | Ian Gordon | LitD |
| 2004 | Frank Holmes | DCom |
| 2004 | Witi Ihimaera | LitD |
| 2004 | Albert F. A. L. Jones | DSc |
| 2004 | Kenneth Keith | LLD |
| 2004 | Roy McKenzie | DCom |
| 2004 | Richard Taylor | LitD |
| 2004 | Fran Wilde | LitD |
| 2005 | Judith Christine Hanratty | LLD |
| 2005 | Shayle R. Searle | DSc |
| 2005 | Fran Walsh | LitD |
| 2005 | Albert Wendt | LitD |
| 2005 | Frank Corner | LLD |
| 2005 | Geoff Robinson | LitD |
| 2006 | Peter Hogg | LLD |
| 2006 | Michael Jackson | LitD |
| 2006 | Tipene O'Regan | DCom |
| 2006 | Lee Seng Tee | LitD |
| 2006 | Kiri Te Kanawa | DMus |
| 2006 | Jeremy Commons | DLitt |
| 2006 | Gordon Moller | DLitt |
| 2006 | Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi | DLitt |
| 2007 | Fleur Adcock | DLitt |
| 2007 | John Daniel Barnett | DCom |
| 2007 | John Clarke | DLitt |
| 2007 | Wade Francis Bruce Thompson | DCom |
| 2007 | Christopher John Rutherford Robertson | DSc |
| 2008 | Colin James | DLitt |
| 2008 | David John Mullan | LLD |
| 2008 | Richard Nunns | DMus |
| 2008 | Bernard Julius Spolsky | DLitt |
| 2009 | Richard Carey | DCom |
| 2009 | Graham Malaghan | DSc |
| 2009 | Alan Ward | LLD |
| 2010 | Donald Akenson | DLitt |
| 2010 | Paul Callaghan | DSc |
| 2011 | Bob Buckley | DSc |
| 2011 | Michael Houstoun | DMus |
| 2012 | Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi | LLD |
| 2013 | Paul Baines | DCom |
| 2013 | Rob Cameron | DCom |
| 2014 | Eleanor Catton | DLitt |
| 2014 | Roger Clark | LLD |
| 2014 | Jock Phillips | DLitt |
| 2015 | Halim Saad | DCom |
| 2016 | Kim Workman | DLitt |
| 2016 | Simon O'Neill | DMus |
| 2016 | Tuiloma Neroni Slade | LLD |
| 2017 | Moana Jackson | LLD |
| 2017 | Gregory O'Brien | DLitt |
| 2017 | Patsy Reddy | LLD |
| 2018 | Terence Arnold | LLD |
| 2018 | Bill English | DCom |
| 2019 | Emma Kruse Va'ai | DLitt |
| 2019 | Margaret Bazley | LLD |
| 2019 | James Belich | DLitt |
| 2019 | Gillian Greer | DLitt |
| 2019 | Matiu Te Rei | LLD |
| 2020 | Chris Finlayson | LLD |
| 2020 | Elizabeth Knox | DLitt |
| 2020 | Lyn Provost | DCom |
| 2022 | Paul Healy | DCom |
| 2023 | Robert Wade | DCom |
| 2023 | Christina Inglis | LLD |
| 2023 | Mark Dunajtschik | DCom |
| 2023 | Rangi Mātāmua | DLitt |
| 2024 | Peter Hughes | DLitt |