Metge Medal
The Dame Joan Metge Medal was established by the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2006, in recognition of the contribution of Dame Joan Metge to social sciences. Since 2017, the medal has been referred to as the Metge Medal. The medal is awarded every two years to a New Zealand social scientist for excellence in teaching, research and/or other activities contributing to capacity building and beneficial relationships between research participants.
Recipients
The Dame Joan Metge Medal was first awarded in 2008 and recipients of the medal have been:| Year | Recipient | Citation |
| 2008 | Diana Lennon | Her research as a paediatrician scientist has made a major impact on the lives of New Zealand children |
| 2008 | Philippa Howden-Chapman | Her research has had a major impact on our understanding of the link between housing, energy and health |
| 2010 | Richie Poulton | For his work as director of the University of Otago longitudinal study which is following the health and development of more than 1000 babies born in Dunedin in 1972/3 providing substantial contributions to new knowledge |
| 2010 | Richard Bedford | For his contribution to the development of social sciences over a long period, and has made major contributions to new knowledge in the field of migration, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region |
| 2012 | Janet Holmes | For her outstanding contribution to linguistics |
| 2012 | Linda Tuhiwai Smith | For her outstanding contribution in inspiring, mentoring and developing the capacity of Māori researchers through teaching and research |
| 2014 | Alison Jones | For the significant impact she has made on New Zealand educational research and practice, particularly on Māori-Pākehā educational relationships and women's education at tertiary level |
| 2016 | Stuart McNaughton | For his contributions to the building of research capacity in educational sciences, advancing literacy and language development, and for his evidence-based impact on educational policy both nationally and internationally |
| 2018 | Suzanne Pitama | For her considerable contribution to inspiring and developing new research capacity and knowledge for health professional education to address critical Indigenous health inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand |
| 2020 | Steven Ratuva | For his mahi on ethnicity, racism and affirmative action, with expertise in conflict and social protection |
| 2022 | Yvonne Underhill-Sem | For intellectual leadership on gendered social relations and development studies which have transformed development as accepted practice in Aotearoa and the Pacific |
| 2024 | Kay Saville-Smith | For her work at the forefront of New Zealand housing research, working with communities, government, and private and public sectors |