School Lunches

Proponents of offal-eating point out that it's just polite to use every part of a beast we've killed .... it's really the least we can do. Audio

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A Huntly school has pulled out of the government's revamped lunch programme altogether, blaming the poor quality of the meals. Meanwhile a survey by the education union's found 80 percent of the… Audio

Dozens of schools are losing their canteens some with just 24 hours notice as the fall out from a school lunch makers liquidation spreads. Libelle, that provides about 125,000 meals a day for the… Audio

Libelle Group, which is contracted to deliver 125,000 meals a day, was placed into liquidation this morning. Labour is demanding explanations on what contingencies are in place - but the minister… Audio

Checkpoint invited a veritable buffet of people on the programme to talk about the school lunch supplier that's in financial strife; Libelle went into liquidation today. RNZ deputy political editor… Audio

The company making more than 125,000 meals a day for the government's revamped school lunch programme has gone into liquidation. Libelle group is contracted to Compass, the Government supplier for the… Audio

Christopher Luxon has fired back at critics of the new school lunch programme, saying if parents are that upset, they should pack their child a Marmite sandwich and an apple. The Prime Minister said… Audio

After weeks of late, unsuitable or unsavory school lunches, two west Auckland schools today had their first opportunity to put their concerns to a real-life person from the group behind the revamped… Audio

Whether it's a late lunch, the wrong lunch, or no lunch at all, it seems the government's new school lunch programme has lost its way, literally. The New Zealand Rural Schools Association has been… Audio