Sir Arthur Owen Woodhouse ONZ KBE DSC (18 July 1916 – 15 April 2014) was a New Zealand jurist and chair of government commissions.

[1] He served as a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve during World War II on motor torpedo boats and was a liaison officer with the Yugoslav Partisan in 1943.

The Commission's report, "Personal Injury: Prevention and Recovery",[8] was published in 1988 and recommended an end to the disparities between the treatment of accident victims and those incapacitated by sickness or disease.

[13] Prime Minister John Key said that "Sir Owen Woodhouse was a man whose life exemplified public service and duty to his country...He leaves a genuinely important legacy.

[17] Former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer, for whom Woodhouse was a mentor and friend, stated that he "was a man of astonishing intelligence and wonderful humanity.