Judith Ann Bennett (born 1944) is a New Zealand historian.

She has been emeritus professor at the University of Otago since 2019.

[1] Bennett wrote a 1979 PhD thesis at Australian National University titled, Wealth of the Solomons: a history of trade, plantations and society, Solomon Islands, c.1800–1942[2] studying the colonial history of the Solomon Islands and has spent much of her career researching, writing and teaching about the Pacific and its history.

Bennett has received two Marsden grants, the first to research the children of American servicemen and pacific women[3][4][5] and the second to research the history of the coconut and its trade.

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