Institution House was built under the supervision of the Reverend Aaron Buzacott and completed in 1843 with an official opened in a brief ceremony. Included within Institution House was a surgery and a large lecture room for the service of the students. There was also a separate school-room where Mrs Buzacott gave special instruction to the daughters of the various Ariki and other important families within the district, including dress-making and other home-style skills. Mrs Buzacott also gave instruction on deportment. Source: “Mission Life in the Pacific Islands”, Edited by Rev. J.P. Sunderland and Rev. A. Buzacott, BA, John Snow and Co, London England, 1866. 14062602
The Ministry of Cultural Development is now calling for registrations of interest from people in the Cook Islands who a keen to serve as trustees on the Cook Islands Cultural and Historic Places Trust.
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