Recipients of the University of Waikato Medal
| Year |
Recipient |
| 1992 | Anthony Trevelyan Rogers QSO |
| 1994 | Cecil Douglas Arcus |
| 1994 | Kenneth Eric Jury ONZM |
| 1994 | John Thomas Kneebone CMG |
| 1994 | Brian Richard Perry OBE |
| 1994 | Hare Wakakaraka Puke |
| 1994 | Eric Ashley Taylor |
| 1994 | Sister Heeni Wharemaru |
| 1995 | Sir Robert Arthur Owens KNZM CBE |
| 1995 | Mary Gordon |
| 1995 | Val Going |
| 1997 | Laurence John Denny |
| 1999 | Jennifer Alexandra Alford |
| 1999 | Pam Banks |
| 1999 | Ann MacKay |
| 2000 | Stafford John Smith |
| 2002 | Yolande Neilson |
| 2002 | Jeremy Callaghan |
| 2003 | Marie Fenwick |
| 2003 | Robert Barrington Grant |
| 2004 | Jack Charles (Dufty) Wilson |
| 2006 | Paul Malcolm Dell |
| 2009 | Michael Law |
| 2010 | Terry Healy MNZM |
| 2012 | Dame Jocelyn Barbara Fish DNZM CBE |
| 2013 | Bill Flower |
| 2015 | Brian Linehan |
| 2017 | Judy Carmichael |
| 2019 | William Ford |
| 2019 | John Cronin MNZM |
| 2022 | Bryce Cooper |
| 2022 | Ngareta Timutimu MNZM |
| 2023 | Robert McGowan QSM |
| 2023 | William Rogers |
| 2024 |
Takiri mai te Ata Turner |
| 2024 |
Beverley Clarkson |