Posted Sun, 21 Jan: On the eve of our departure I'm excited that another eight students are about to experience the magic of Silicon Valley which has to be one of the most dynamic places on the planet right now!

On this trip we will get to visit the places that have become household names including Google, Apple , Facebook and Twitter but perhaps more importantly we will get to meet some of the people, many of them kiwis, who are very fortunate to work in this amazing part of the world.

But most of all, I'm grateful to our awesome sponsors for their commitment to making this trip the life changing opportunity it will be for the students fortunate enough to have been selected to take part.

Andrew