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- Ka Ora, Ka Ako school lunch programme issuesQuiet since 21 Mar 2025
- Haeata Community Campus mouldy lunchesQuiet since 15 Dec 2025
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October 2026
December 2025
- Haeata Community Campus launches internal investigation into mouldy lunch reports
- Haeata principal denies political agenda over mouldy school meals
- Mouldy lunches served to Christchurch students likely left unrefrigerated for days
+3 - Investigation launched after mouldy mince served in Christchurch school lunches+2
- Christchurch school warns parents after students ate contaminated lunches+2
November 2025
March 2025
- School lunch provider Libelle Group enters liquidation owing $14 million
- Christchurch school principal expresses disappointment after minister refuses lunch contract exit
- Christchurch school seeks exemption from school lunch programme contract
- School lunch packaging not designed for commercial reheating caused student burns
- Compass Group NZ to acquire Libelle Group assets
- Dozens of school canteens close following Libelle Group liquidation+2
- Nearly 10 per cent of school lunches delivered late
- Nūhaka School reports new government lunch deliveries are inedible
- South Island schools face uncertainty as lunch provider enters liquidation
- Auckland school lunch provider Libelle Group enters liquidation
- School lunch provider Libelle Group enters liquidation+1
- School lunch provider must provide daily evidence of food quality
- Ministry of Education bans specific school lunches after student burnt
- David Seymour apologises after student burnt by school lunch