Greens pledge to restore and expand school lunch programme

Thursday 20 August 2026 · 3 outlets · 3 reports · updated Thu 20 Aug, 12:53pm

In this story David Seymour, Green Party, Marama Davidson

The Green Party has released an election policy promising to restore the Ka Ora, Ka Ako school lunch scheme. The plan aims to permanently fund the programme and expand it to 400 additional schools, providing free meals to approximately 150,000 more children through local providers.

How they headlined it

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1. NZ HeraldThu 20 Aug, 11:12am

   Greens promise to restore and expand previous free school lunches scheme (opens in new tab)

2. StuffThu 20 Aug, 11:15am

   Greens promise free school lunches for 150,000 more children (opens in new tab)

3. 1NewsThu 20 Aug, 12:53pm

   Greens pledge to restore, expand original school lunch scheme (opens in new tab)