(25-02-2025, 03:23 PM)Jan Wrote: I find the school lunch debate so hypocritical - where was the outrage and headline grabbing by parents and school staff when Labour were only supplying free lunches to approx 30% of our kids - they kept promising to extend it after first introducing the scheme but every year the extension was pushed out further
A link that is very interesting Hipkins admitting ALL kids were not receiving lunch but only 30% were receiving mostly very upmarket lunches costing on average $8.69 -
https://insidegovernment.co.nz/major-mil...programme/
I'm not altogther certain but I think its at least several years now that I've been saying that ALL kids should given school lunches, regardless of which kind of govt they may be.
I think its something we need to establish clearly with regard to quality etc. etc. & then ring fence it so that no future govt of any stripe can meddle with it again & hungry kids will be fed a good healthy lunch.
And MP's should be given precisely the same lunch as schoolkids, compulsory.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)