| Honorific Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Sir Douglas White | |
| Order1: | Chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington |
| Term Start1: | 1996 |
| Term End1: | 1999 |
| Predecessor1: | Elizabeth Orr |
| Successor1: | Russell Marshall |
| Birth Name: | Douglas John White |
| Birth Date: | 1945 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
Sir Douglas John White (born 5 September 1945) is a former New Zealand jurist.
White was born in Wellington in 1945. The jurist Sir John White (1911–2007) was his father, and Charles White, a lawyer and briefly a member of the Legislative Council, was his grandfather.[1] He was educated as a boarder at Nelson College from 1959 to 1963,[2] and went on to study law at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating Bachelor of Laws with first-class honours.[3]
After practising as a litigation partner and then independent barrister, White was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1988.[3] He sat as a judge of the High Court from 2009 until 2012, when he was appointed to the bench of the Court of Appeal.[4] He retired in 2015.[4] In 2016, White was appointed to the Cook Islands Court of Appeal.[3]
White served on the council of Victoria University of Wellington for 20 years, and was chancellor of the university from 1996 to 1999.[2] [3] [5]
In the 2018 New Year Honours, White was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the judiciary.[6]