Oroya Day

Oroya Day (, 14 March 1931 – 26 August 2014) was a New Zealand art historian and academic, and was a lecturer at the Victoria University of Wellington. Day was a founding member and trustee of the Wellington Civic Trust, a life member of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, and founder and president of the Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Society. In 1989 Day was appointed as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to the preservation of local history.

Early life and education Day was born in Christchurch on 14 March 1931 as Oroya McAuley. Her father was an accountant for New Zealand Railways.

Academic career Day lectured at the Walthamstow School of Art in London, and then taught art history at Victoria University of Wellington.