Posted Sun, 21 Jan: Kia Ora, my name is Maihi Bennett and like my peers I'm very excited for the upcoming trip! Ka huri te mihi ki a koe te manukura kairangi e Andrew, nei ra tatou katoa e mihi kau ana ki a koe, he mihi mutunga kore!!

Growing up, I would have never imagined myself going to the USA, especially going to visit some of the biggest tech companies in the world! Like who even gets to do that?

I would like to thank the sponsors, without your guys generosity and contributions this trip would not be possible! Thanks again to you Andrew for all your mahi you did to organise this amazing opportunity.

Can't wait to get in to it, I know that we're all going to enjoy the trip and everything about it. I'm particularly looking forward to seeing the baseball game that we're going to attend, I've recently became SF Giants fans #bandwagon #americanculture so there is so much excitement in me.

Tune in for more korero throughout the duration of the trip.

Nga mini mahana

Maihi