The Raiders arrived in New Zealand and were greeted by Josie Stockill’s ’16 father Adrian at the airport.
Editor’s Note: This post was written by Mackenzie Carroll ’19.
We left Hamilton at 5am for JFK airport where we got on our first flight heading for LAX. This was the 6 hour flight, which was the shorter of the two flights.
We had a 5 hour layover in LAX. We used the time to explore the exciting airport, read, play cards, watch movies, and get ready for our next 13 hour flight!
After a long wait we were very excited to board the plane and be on our way to Auckland!
Finally, after more than 30 hours of travel we made it to Auckland, New Zealand! When we arrived it was 6 in the morning and we began a fun day of sightseeing!