Otago Boys' High School

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Otago Boys' High School
Motto	Recti Cultus Pectora Roborant (Sound learning strengthens the spirit)
Type	State (Grammar) boys secondary (Year 9-13) with boarding facilities
Year established	1863
Address	2 Arthur Street, Dunedin
Principal	Clive Rennie (Rector)
School roll	653 (TKI 2004 data)
Socio-economic decile (10 is high)	9
Ministry of Education Institution no.
Website	www.obhs.school.nz

Otago Boys' High School is one of New Zealand's premier boys' secondary schools, located in Dunedin, New Zealand. It was founded on August 3, 1863, and moved to its present site in 1884. The buildings were designed by architect Robert Lawson, and are regarded as some of the finest Jacobethan-style buildings in the country. Situated on high ground above central Dunedin, the school commands excellent views of Dunedin city and is a prominent landmark.

Otago Girls' High School now occupies the original site of the school in Tennyson Street, closer to the centre of the city.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Alexander Aitken ("Swotty Aitken"), soldier, author, and mathematician
• Sir Francis Bell (New Zealand Prime Minister), former Prime Minister
• Russell Coutts, famous yachtsman
• David Gray, mass murderer
• Stewart Graeme Guthrie, a police officer who was shot by David Gray and received a posthumous George Cross
• Byron Kelleher, current All Black
• Sir Clutha MacKenzie, WW1 soldier, worker for the blind, and author
• Sir Jack Marshall, former Prime Minister
• Allan Highet, former Cabinet Minister
• Chris Laidlaw, All Black, and former MP
• Richie McCaw, current All Black captain
• Sir Archibald McIndoe, world-renowned plastic surgeon
• Sir Keith Park, who served at Gallipoli and as a senior commander in the Battle of Britain