Dunstan High School is a

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secondary school located in Alexandra, in the Central Otago district in the South Island of

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. Dunstan High School also runs the Tititea Outdoor Education Centre, which is located in the old homestead in the East Matukituki Valley on the outskirts of the

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. In 2009, the school installed an $800,000 clean-burning heating system, replacing a coal-fuelled system, and constructed a new $2.3 million gymnasium.

Notable alumni

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- first New Zealander to enter the Ultimate Fighting Championships (2010) *

Murray Pierce Murray James Pierce (born 1 November 1957) is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played as a lock forward. He won 26 caps for the All Blacks between 1984 and 1989 and played in the victorious New Zealand team at the 1987 Rugby World Cu ...

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rugby player * Ken Rutherford - New Zealand cricket captain; represented the First XI as a player coach * Elizabeth van Welie - Olympic swimmer (Sydney 2000) and Commonwealth Games silver medalist in the 200m butterfly (Manchester 2002) *

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- All Black rugby player

Principals

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* http://www.dunstan.school.nz/ {{Schools in Otago Secondary schools in Otago Educational institutions established in 1962 Alexandra, New Zealand 1962 establishments in New Zealand