school lunches

Since 2019, only 6,000 students have received the lunches across 200 early childhood centres funded solely on donations.

Associate Education Minister David Seymour has unveiled the new school lunch programme and says it is "seriously good food".

Kaimahi at Te Kura Reo Rua o Waikirikiri in Kaiti, Gisborne are changing the lives of their tamariki with a unique way of teaching – it’s trauma informed from a holistic approach,

A Ministry of Education official has admitted the alternative model for the Government's free school lunch programme is unlikely to be as nutritious as the previous programme.

Principal Nita Pond said for some schools the cutbacks were likely to result in more pre-packaged and less healthy items.

Te Ao Māori News has compiled all the pre-budget announcements that affect rangatahi across Aotearoa.

Whaea Irihapeti Matiaha is relieved after hearing Seymour’s plans to continue school lunches but she is also worried about the new model for ākonga year seven and above.

Ka Ora, Ka Ako is going to feed 10,000 more mouths with the Healthy School Lunches Programme opening up for two-to-five-year-olds, while those year seven and up get a new model.

David Seymour spoke with Te Ao Māori News on recent topics facing Māori and New Zealand.

As members of the coalition government take a walk through the Auckland Secondary Schools Festival, the media weren’t the only people who had questions for them.