Haeata Community Campus most likely responsible for mouldy lunches

Wednesday 10 December 2025 · 7 outlets · 5 reports · updated Wed 10 Dec 2025, 1:26pm

In this story New Zealand Food Safety, School Lunch Collective

An investigation by New Zealand Food Safety into mouldy meals served at Haeata Community Campus suggests the school likely accidentally mixed up lunches from the previous week. The probe cleared the School Lunch Collective of wider food safety risks, finding the incident to be isolated.

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1. The PressWed 10 Dec 2025, 12:06pm

   Christchurch school likely to blame for mouldy food, investigation finds (opens in new tab)

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2. StuffWed 10 Dec 2025, 12:10pm

   Mouldy food controversy: investigation finds school most likely at fault (opens in new tab)

3. NZ HeraldWed 10 Dec 2025, 12:30pm

   Haeata Community Campus mouldy lunch probe finds school most likely mixed up food, not supplier (opens in new tab)

4. Otago Daily TimesWed 10 Dec 2025, 1:12pm

   Provider cleared over mouldy school lunches (opens in new tab)

5. 1News via RNZWed 10 Dec 2025, 1:26pm

   School lunch provider cleared over mouldy meals in Christchurch (opens in new tab)

   Also on RNZ (opens in new tab)