Long-serving teacher and lecturer, Pat Buckley, was appointed as the patron of the Martin Hautus Institute of Learning Samoa in a ceremony held last week.
In his tribute to Mr. Buckley, Pulotu Selio Solomon, the Chief Executive Officer of Martin Hautus N.Z. said the decision was taken because of his outstanding service to education and the people of Samoa.
“Mr. Buckley’s love for Samoa has been immense in teaching at Samoa College, Fa’atuatua College, Samoa Primary School, principal at Robert Louis Stevenson Primary School, but better known as the science, chemistry and English lecturer at NUS, Pat has been in Education for over 60 years in which around 30 of those years have been here in Samoa.” Continue reading