There are 832 schools taking part in the lunch in school programme - Ka Ora, Ka Ako - involving 199,503 students. Photo / Bevan ConleyThere are 832 schools taking part in the lunch in school programme - Ka Ora, Ka Ako - involving 199,503 students. That would expand to 964 schools and kura by the end of the year, covering more than 25 per cent of school students. Goldsmith said he was not opposed in principle to resources going to give school lunches to those in genuine need, but the Government's approach was "very poorly targeted". Photo / Mark Mitchell"They should do away with the universal policy and target it to those in genuine need.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 16, 2021 17:03 UTC