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Kapa Haka USA Trip 1998

Thursday April 2nd City took about two hours. Once there we boarded
What a day! Seven adults and 24 haututu a yellow school bus that could fit all 31 of us along
students jumped on our early morning bus from the with 50 bags of luggage, all in the seating area!
Ngaruawahia Marae and went to the airport to After a powhiri in Salt Lake we were then
catch the plane to the land of the Bald Eagle. After taken to our billet’s mansions. We did three
a brief stop at Whatapaka Marae to pay our performances and continued to roll with our billets
respects to our cuzzy Waiata, we continued on to and be haututus around Salt Lake City.
cause chaos at the Auckland airport. On our free days we went shopping. Two
Thanks to Whaea Poppy we did a students (who shall remain nameless) managed to
performance to our whanau and the rest of the get themselves kicked out of the Mall for throwing
people at Auckland airport. Next stop, Los their loose change into wishing wells and making
Angeles. The first hour on the plane was spent big splashes (aye boys!).
sleeping, singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Casey-Mia, Before we left for Boulder City we took a
then sleeping once more. quick external tour of BYU (Brigham Young
At LAX (Los Angeles Airport) most of us sat University) then board for an eight-hour trip.
around waiting for our flight to Salt Lake City. While in Boulder we were mainly at Uncle
Others chose to aggravate the gun-toting airport Chawa’s.
security by playing touch. Our flight to Salt Lake We were scheduled to take an $US8 tour of

On the rim of Grand Canyon