King's High School, Dunedin

King's High School was re-built across almost a decade in the mid-1990s. The School is split into three blocks A, B & C, along with the separate sports facilities, purpose build catering suite and performing arts centre.

The school also has its own 'classroom by the sea'. A camp and class room build off site in Warrington, north of Dunedin – known as 'The Hatherly'. Students in year nine visit 'The Hatherly' for their school camp.

In 2006, King's High School (along with Queen's) added a multimillion-dollar Performing Arts Centre, which holds a capacity of almost 500. The facility is used by both schools, and the surrounding community.

In 2010, renovations were made to the schools gymnasium. Later in 2018, renovations took place on the art department with plans for additional upgrading.

There are plans in the future to build a grandstand on the schools number one sports ground as well as plans for a hostel and roofed hockey turf.

New students to King's are placed into one of four houses – Tudor, Windsor, Stuart or Hanover, based on the Historic English royal houses.[8] Throughout the year, juniors and seniors compete in many sports, cultural and performance based activities. In term four, the house with the most points wins the 'House shield'. Some events include: rugby sevens, football, basketball, athletics, cross country, softball, singing, haka competition, debating and chess. Athletics, Cross Country, Singing and the haka competition are all full school, compulsory events worth double house points. All other interhouse events are optional and done at lunchtime.

King's has many extramural competitions with Southland Boys' High School, Otago Boys' High School, Waitaki Boys' High School and Shirley Boys' High School.

Former All Black Paul Miller returned to King's in 2011, appointed to the Head of Sports role.

The school has earned awards in Māori cultural competitions. King's along with Queen's High School were selected to perform at the opening of Dunedin's new Forsyth Barr Stadium, in August 2011.

With the opening of the Performing Arts Center in 2006, King's and Queen's have staged several successful musicals. In 2008, the schools combined to produce Les Misérables.

While in 2012 they performed Cats: The Musical. King's being the first New Zealand high school to perform Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical in fifteen years.

In 2017, the schools combined to perform Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat. The schools most recent musical was based off Monty Python's Spamalot.

King's High School, taken of the front.

The arts

• James K. Baxter – poet and social critic
• Tony Ballantyne – author and historian
• Christopher de Hamel - academic librarian, historian and writer[9]
• Grahame Sydney – painter
• Riki Gooch – musician (TrinityRoots)[10]

Broadcasting and media

• Murray Deaker – radio and television sports show host
• Peter Montgomery – yachting commentator
• Ian Templeton – political journalist

Public service

• David Benson-Pope – politician
• Warren Cooper – politician
• Grant Robertson – politician

Sport

• Tony Brown – rugby union player
• Glen Denham – basketballer
• Carl Hayman – rugby union player
• Chris Laidlaw – rugby union player, diplomat, politician, broadcaster, author
• Warren Lees – cricket player and coach
• Laurie Mains – rugby union player and coach
• Brendon McCullum – cricketer
• Nathan McCullum – cricketer
• Joe McDonnell – rugby union player
• Paul Miller – rugby union player
• Ken Rutherford – cricketer
• Brad Scott – cricketer
• Ben Smith – rugby union player
• Kupu Vanisi – rugby union player
• Tom Willis – rugby union player
• Uili Kolo'ofai – rugby union player

• Dudley Chisholm (1936–1947)
• Bill Lang (1948–1961)
• Harry Craig (1962–1966)
• Jack Bremner (1966–1981)
• Ian Simpson (1982–1997)
• Lindsay James (LJ) Hocking (1997–2001)
• Colin Donald (2001–2008)
• Dan Reddiex (2008–2019)
• Nick McIvor (2019–present)