Key for the identification of doctors’ gowns
This same key system is used for this guide.
1 as for the Cambridge Master of Arts:
a black cloth: 2
b black silk: 5
c red silk or cloth: 8
2 as for the Cambridge Master of Arts, of black cloth:
a plain: 3
b faced with another colour: 4
3 as for the Cambridge Master of Arts, of black cloth, plain:
unadorned [undress, PhD Canterbury]
unadorned [PhD NZ]
embellished with a scarlet rosette on the left lapel and a triangular area of scroll work of braid on each shoulder [undress, all doctors except PhD Massey]
embellished with a scarlet rosette on the left lapel [undress PhD Massey]
PhD Victoria
4 as for the Cambridge Master of Arts, of black cloth, faced with another colour:
peony red facings [full dress PhD Canterbury].
50mm wide emerald green satin facings [EdD Auckland]
50mm wide gold satin facings [DFA Auckland].
50mm wide light blue satin facings [DJur Auckland]
50mm wide crimson satin facings [MD Auckland]
50mm wide white satin facings [DMus Auckland]
100mm wide satin facings (75mm scarlet edged with 25mm gold) [PhD Auckland]
100mm wide ultramarine facings [PhD Lincoln]
100mm wide "post office red" cloth facings [full dress PhD Massey]
100mm wide "post office red" satin facings [PhD AUT]
5 as for the Cambridge Master of Arts, of black silk:
a plain: 6
b faced with a colour: 7
6 as for the Cambridge Master of Arts, of black silk, plain:
black silk [DEng, LLD, DLitt, DSc Auckland, all doctors except PhD Victoria, all doctors except PhD NZ], or of scarlet silk or cloth
7 as for the Cambridge Master of Arts, of black silk, faced with a colour:
black silk with 100mm "post office red" facings [formerly PhD Victoria]
8 as for the Cambridge Master of Arts, of red silk or cloth:
a plain: 9
b faced: 10
9 as for the Cambridge Master of Arts, of red silk or cloth, plain:
scarlet silk or cloth [DEng, LLD, DLitt, DSc, DPharm all honorary doctors Auckland, all doctors except PhD Victoria, all doctors except PhD NZ], or black silk.
"post office red" [all doctors except PhD Massey]
signal red material [Canterbury doctors except PhD]
cardinal red silk, silk-like fabric or cloth [all doctors except PhD Otago]
ruby red silk, silk-like fabric or cloth [PhD Otago]
crimson cloth [all doctors except DPhil (now PhD) Waikato]
maroon cloth [DPhil (now PhD) Waikato]
10 as for the Cambridge Master of Arts, of red silk or cloth, faced with another colour:
signal red with 100mm wide Indian orange facings [DCom Lincoln]
signal red with 100mm wide pea green facings [DNatRes Lincoln]
signal red with 100mm wide ultramarine facings [DSc Lincoln]