| 1980 | Paul.W. Day MNZM MA NZ and Oxf HonD Waikato |
| 1981 | Geoffrey Joseph Schmitt CMG MA BCom NZ DPA Well FCA CMA |
| 1985 | James Gordon Pendergrast MSc NZ PhD DIC Lond |
| 1986 | Achim Zulauf DrRerNat Mainz PhD Lond |
| 1988 | John Davidson McCraw MBE MSc NZ DSc Well FNZSSS CRSNZ |
| 1988 | William Theodore Roy MA L'now FRAS FRSA |
| 1990 | John Trevor Ward BSc(Econ) Lond MLitt Oxf PhD Lond |
| 1990 | Rudi Ziedins MA PhD Melb |
| 1991 | David George Bettison MA PhD Rhodes |
| 1993 | Bruce Sween Liley MSc NZ PhD R'dg FInstP CPhys FNZIP FRSA |
| 1993 | Ian Andrew McLaren MA NZ AM Chic PhD Well |
| 1993 | James Ernest Ritchie ONZM MA DipEd PhD NZ FBPsS FNZPsS FAAA |
| 1999 | Kenneth Malcolm Mackay BSc Aberd PhD Camb CChem FRSC FNZIC |
| 1999 | Brian V. Smith BCA Well ACA CMA |
| 1999 | Fred Woodward Marshall MA NZ DU DipdeCultFrCont Paris OPA |
| 2002 | Michael John Selby ONZM BA(Hons) MA DipEd DSc Oxf DPhil Waikato |
| 2007 | Noeline Alcorn QSO BA Well MA Cant PhD Calif DipEd Massey DipT FNZEAS |
| 2007 | G.Marshall Walker MA PhD Glas |
| 2008 | Leslie Richard Foulds BSc MSc Auck PhD VirgPolyInst FTICA |
| 2009 | Edward Lewis Glynn BA MA Auck PhD Tor DipGrad Otago FNZPsS FRSNZ |
| 2009 | Peter H. Oettli BA NZ PhD Auck |
| 2010 | Sir Tamati Muturangi Reedy BA MA Auck MA PhD Hawaii KNZM |
| 2010 | David Ian Pool BA MA NZ PhD ANU FRSNZ CNZM |
| 2010 | Jane Beaglehole Ritchie BA MA NZ PhD Well OBE JP |
| 2011 | Warwick B. Silvester BSc NZMSc Auck PhD Cant |
| 2011 | Alexandra Barratt BA(Hons) MA Camb MA Car PhD Tor |
| 2013 | Ian David Graham BSc Lond PhD Camb CEng MBCS |
| 2013 | Brian Kenneth Nicholson BSc(Hons) PhD Otago FNZIC |
| 2013 | Richard Price BSc(Hons) ANU PhD Otago |
| 2013 | Campbell Nelson BSc(Hons) Well PhD Auck FRSNZ |
| 2013 | Roy M. Daniel BSc(Hons) PhD Leic FRSNZ FNZIC |
| 2013 | Roberta L. Farrell BSc Missouri MSc PhD Ill CNZM FRSNZ FIAWS |
| 2013 | Clive McGee BA MA DPhil Waik DipT |
| 2013 | Susan C. Middleton BA BEdSt MA Well DipEd Massey PhD Waik DipT |
| 2013 | Stewart R. Lawrence BSc(Hons)(Econ) Lond MSc Warw PhD Waik ACMA CA |
| 2014 | Richard D. Bedford BA MA Auck PhD ANU QSO FRSNZ |
| 2014 | Alan Russell Bishop ONZM BA(Hons) Well MA PhD Otago DipEd Massey DipT |
| 2014 | T.G. Allan Green BA(Hons) MA DPhil Oxf |
| 2014 | Alistair L. Wilkins BSc(Hons) PhD Otago FNZIC |
| 2014 | Richard J. Wilkins MSc Auck PhD Otago |
| 2014 | Ian H. Witten MSc Calg MA Camb PhD Essex CEng FACM FRSNZ MIEE MIEEE |
| 2015 | Bevan Grant BEd MA Vic BC PhD Otago |
| 2016 | Robert (Roy) James Crawford CNZM BSc(Hons) PhD DSc Belf |
| 2016 | Kevin Broughan BSc MSc Auck MA PhD Col MACM MEngNZ FNZMS |
| 2016 | Hugh Morgan BSc Wales MSc Strath PhD Guelph |
| 2016 | Robert Hannah BA(Hons) Otago MPhil Oxf FSA FRSNZ |
| 2016 | Dame Peggy G. Koopman-Boyden BA MA DipEd Massey DNZM CNZM |
| 2016 | Michael P. O'Driscoll BSc(Hons) WAust PhD Flin |
| 2017 | Roger I. Moltzen BEd MEd PhD Waik DipT MNZM |
| 2017 | T. Mary Foster BSc MSc DipClinPsych PhD Auck |
| 2017 | Dov Bing BA HebrewUniversityJerusalem PhD Auck FRAS |
| 2018 | Jacques Poot Drs VU Amst PhD Well MAE |
| 2018 | Margaret Carr BA MA Well PhD DipEdSt Waik DipNZFKU |
| 2018 | Terry Locke BA MA PhD Auck |
| 2018 | Janis E. Swan MNZM BTech MTech Massey PhD Wat FNZIFST DistFEngNZ |
| 2018 | Ngahuia Te Awekotuku BA MA(Hons) Auck PhD Waik |
| 2019 | Clive H.J. Gilson BA(Hons) Middx MA PhD Warw |
| 2020 | Ernest G. Kalnins BSc(Hons) Cant MSc PhD WOnt FRSNZ |
| 2020 | Margaret Wilson LLB(Hons) MJur Auck HonD Waik DCNZM |
| 2020 | Peter J.J. Kamp BSc MSc PhD Waik |
| 2020 | Anne M. McKim MA Dund MA Manit PhD Edin |
| 2021 | Brian Findsen BSocSc MA CertMāoriSt Waik EdD NCSU DipT |
| 2021 | Carolyn King BSc(Hons) Liv DPhil Oxf PhD Waik |
| 2021 | Linda Tuhiwai Smith BA MA PhD Waik CNZM |
| 2022 | Roger Strasser AM BMedSc MBBS(Hons) Monash MCISc WOnt LLD(Hon) TRU MD(Hon) Umea FCAHS FRACGP |
| 2022 | Sarah Strasser AM MBBS Lond FM W.Ont FRACGP FACRRM |
| 2022 | David McKie MA Glas PGCE Sheffield PhD Stir |
| 2022 | Daniel G. Zirker BA MA Montana PhD Alta |
| 2022 | Allison Kirkman BA Massey BA(Hons) PhD Well |
| 2023 | Merilyn Manley-Harris BSc(Hons) JamesCook PhD Montana |
2023
| Martin Lodge MA Waik MMus Well PhD Syd |
| 2023 | William Henderson BSc(Hons) PhD Leic FNZIC |
| 2023 | Brendan J. Hicks BSc MSc Auck PhD Oregon State |
| 2024 | Asad Mohsin BSc Delhi PhD N Territory |
2024
| Mark Dyer BEng(Hons) Wales BSc Open(UK) MA Dublin PhD Oxford FICE CEng FAU MEngNZ |
2025
| David J. Lowe BSc MSc PhD Waik FRSNZ FNZSSS HLFINQUA |