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Official admits new school lunch model unlikely to be as nutritious due to cost (www.rnz.co.nz)

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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, RNZ understands.

The comments came in a webinar hui between the Ministry of Education and intermediate and high school principals, earlier this month.

Principal Sheree Garton, from Levin Intermediate School, asked a question about protein and carbohydrates required in the new meals - and was told the meals would not have the same nutrition standards and would be very unlikely to meet the same nutritional quality as the previous meals because of the cost - though nutrition would be a factor in looking for a new major supplier.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"We're sorry, tax cuts for our buddies means your children have to go hungry."

"We're sorry, tax cuts for our buddies means disabled people don't get the support they need".

"We're sorry, tax cuts for our buddies means people who can't work can't get slightly more assistance than last year."

"We're sorry, tax cuts for our buddies means redressing Treaty violations have to wait another few decades."

I wouldn't piss on this government if they were on fire.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The thing that stood out to me is the $12B in borrowing. Here's our budget, where we need to borrow an additional $12B and push out the return to surplus to way past when Labour's 2023 budget forecast it.

Also here is $15B in tax cuts. We are paying for it with cost cutting, the $12B in borrowing is for something else.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Exactly. The fact that they went ahead with these tax cuts shows they cannot be trusted to be 'fiscally responsible'

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Shocking.

I suggest we trial the new scheme for 6 months or so, exclusively with the families of MPs who are in favour of it

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

As a country we should be ashamed