Career
He served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak from 1977 until 1979. Endawie began his career in Sarawak politics during the British colonial era. In 1963, he became a state cabinet minister under the first Chief Minister of Sarawak, Stephen Kalong Ningkan.
Endawie became the President of the Sarawak National Party (SNAP) during the 1970s, a post he held until June 1980.
Endawie also recruited several notable figures into SNAP, including Daniel Tajem, the former Vice-President of SNAP, whom Endawie persuaded to enter politics in 1968. Dunstan Endawie served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak from 1976 to 1979 under Chief Minister Abdul Rahman Ya"kub.
Endawie entered into the diplomatic field after retiring from active state politics. He was appointed as the High Commissioner of Malaysia to New Zealand.
Endawie was the first ethnic Iban to become a Malaysian High Commissioner to another country.
Dunstan Endawie died at approximately 4 a.m. at Saratok District Hospital on 11 April 2014, at the age of 76. His funeral was held on 18 April 2014, in Taman Indah in Saratok. He was buried at Saratok Memorial Hill cemetery in Bukit Perabun, Saratok.