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.[1]
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 1967 | Lord Ballantrae |
| 1968 | Pei Te Hurinui Jones |
| 1969 | Arthur de Terrotte 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[2] |
| 1987 | David Tompkins |
| 1990 | Norman Kingsbury |
| 1992 | Janet Frame |
| 1992 | Edwin Morgan |
| 1993 | Joy Drayton |
| 1993 | Donald Murray 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 Allan Gallagher |
| 2008 | Bill Gallagher |
| 2008 | Ruud Kleinpaste |
| 2008 | Tīmoti Kāretu |
| 2008 | Tessa Duder |
| 2009 | Heni Sutherland[3] |
| 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 Keith 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 Paki |
| 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 |