1 May 2025

How is the school lunch programme faring in Term Two?

From Checkpoint, 4:26 pm on 1 May 2025

After a series of mishaps and issues with the government provided school lunches last term, Associate Education Minister David Seymour said the new term would start off in "tip top shape." The government's revamped lunch programme was plagued by problems in Term One, with concerns about late, inedible, repetitive or nutritionally lacking lunches - and even a case of melted plastic in one. But David Seymour, the architect of the rebooted programme - wanted all issues fixed by Term Two. Louise Ternouth reports.