Return to locally made school lunches
More than 51,000 Kiwis joined us in calling on the Government to save school lunches.
Instead, the National Government slashed funding for the programme, and swapped our healthy, nutritious meals—which provided for our kids and supported the local community—for cheaper, low-quality alternatives.
This has been a disaster. From lunches arriving hours late or not at all, to inedible meals, mislabelled packaging, plastic in the food, and more, National’s choice to cut funding for school lunches is causing our children to suffer.
It’s time they admit they got it wrong.
We are calling on Christopher Luxon to show some leadership and return to locally made lunches.
Add your name now.
Read last year's petition to save free and healthy school lunches:
Kids learn better with a full stomach. Parents, teachers and principals all agree on that.
That's why we launched our free and healthy school lunches programme, which is already providing food to 200,000 school kids so they can focus on what's important – learning.
We’re calling on the National Government to commit to continue funding free and healthy school lunches, to give families and schools certainty that the programme is here to stay.
We know that it’s tough for many families right now with the rising cost of living, which is why the Government needs to prioritise this programme which saves families $33 per week per child, or up to $1,250 per year per child on average.
ACT has previously committed to scrapping the programme and it may now be at risk as the Government tries to find savings for their tax cuts.
National have proven time and time again that they can’t be trusted to fund education. We need to make sure our kids aren’t the ones to pay the price if school lunches are scrapped.
Add your name now to help us save free and healthy school lunches.
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Add your name and tell the Government to return to locally made lunches now.