Government to trial free lunches in schools

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The government has announced it will be trialling free lunches in some New Zealand schools.

The trial will start with 30 primary and intermediate schools from the beginning of next year.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the programme at the launch of the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy in Rotorua.

The plan is to expand the programme to 21,000 children in 120 schools by the beginning of 2021.

Ardern said in her speech that 10,000 New Zealanders helped develop the plan. Of these, 6000 of them were children, who pointed out that going to school hungry was a barrier to their learning.

The free lunch programme is one of 75 new initiatives within the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy.

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Shem Banbury - Kiwi Kids News Editor

Shem Banbury is the Editor of Kiwi Kids News and is the Deputy Principal at Mount Maunganui Intermediate. In his spare time, he likes to train and compete in triathlons, play cricket and spend time with his family.

8 Responses

Anonymous says:

August 30, 2019 at 10:19 am

wow that is a good idea!
Anonymous says:

September 2, 2019 at 9:10 am

this is a really good idea i like it
Anonymous says:

September 2, 2019 at 9:20 am

yo i’m keen for a munch
Anonymous says:

September 2, 2019 at 10:46 am

Thats a great idea
PandeaCookiez says:

September 4, 2019 at 11:44 am

wow!
Anthony Ballantyne says:

September 11, 2019 at 10:14 am

nice idea!
Anonymous says:

September 17, 2019 at 11:33 am

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Cool Guy says:

September 17, 2019 at 11:34 am

Great Idea! Sometimes I don’t have much food and I go Hungry. Having more food would be great because you can’t learn on an empty stomach! -Dylan