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New school lunches waste appears to exceed 70% as David Seymour's incompetence rises to the fore

The Associate Education Minister has defended the new school lunch program even as the government says it is not collecting any official feedback

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Mountain Tūī
Feb 23, 2025
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Last month, David Seymour’s press release on school lunches said:

“The [school lunch] programme was reformed to deliver the same outcomes while costing taxpayers less. This was achieved by embracing commercial expertise, using government buying power, and generating supply chain efficiencies…”

And while that all sounded fair, the end result is - from this…

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