School Lunch Collective
20 stories since November 2024 Quiet since 15 Dec 2025
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- Ka Ora, Ka Ako school lunch programme issues39 stories · January – March 2025Quiet since 21 Mar 2025
- Haeata Community Campus mouldy lunches10 stories · December 2025Quiet since 15 Dec 2025
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December 2025
- Haeata Community Campus has not released mouldy lunch investigation findings


- Haeata Community Campus most likely responsible for mouldy lunches



+3 - Investigation launched after mouldy mince served in Christchurch school lunches



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July 2025
May 2025
- Investigation launched after larva found in West Auckland school lunch



+1 - Schools lodge 171 formal complaints about revamped lunch programme


March 2025
- David Seymour defends school lunch programme against critics



+1 - Compass Group NZ to acquire Libelle Group assets




- Nearly 10 per cent of school lunches delivered late


- School lunch provider sources meals from Australia after manufacturer liquidation




- Nūhaka School reports new government lunch deliveries are inedible



- School lunch provider Libelle Group enters liquidation



+1 - School lunch provider must provide daily evidence of food quality


- Hutt Valley principal criticises government free lunch allocation system


- Investigation launched into school lunches containing melted plastic



- Luxon expects Seymour to address school lunch programme issues




February 2025
- Hundreds of school lunches left uneaten across New Zealand


- Muslim students' school lunches reportedly contained ham

