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Five Northland schools face lunch delivery, quality concerns
Ministry of Education is working with suppliers to improve meal delivery.
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Nutritionist finds list of issues with school lunch programme
Issues such as wastage and meal quality in schools were raised.
School lunch supplier sorry after delivery error leaves kids hungry
Whangārei Intermediate School ordered about 100 pizzas after issues with school lunches.
‘Persistent difficulties’: Education Ministry shutting down Cobham School
Cobham primary school will close on June 27 after over 60 years in operation.
Late, burnt and leaking: School rejects burnt lunches, opts for pizza instead
Whangārei Intermediate had to send back burnt and leaking school lunches.
‘Close to passing out’: Auckland students ‘struggling to breathe’ on stifling school bus
The bus was said to be crowded, windows did not open and the air conditioning pumped heat.
Girl, 5, put outside classroom as punishment leaves school alone, found with stranger
'She tried to go back home because she reckoned nobody wanted her in the classroom'.
E.coli found in school water, students asked to bring bottles
An MoE upgrade is expected for Mangawhai School's water infrastructure.
Fijian teen to be deported, separated from family over concern his health will burden NZ system
His family is his only support for daily functioning. But they may not return with him.
Nearly a third of schools receiving free lunches send complaints, queries to ministry
'We had a great system before ... it was just great and now we’ve got this.'
‘Doesn’t meet nutritional guidelines’: Kids to get pies, Pita Pit to tackle lunch issues
'If I were a school student I would have loved a pie as my taxpayer-funded school lunch.'
‘Absolute shambles’: English curriculum turmoil as teachers back out
Concerns included complex content and unrealistic expectations for teachers.
‘Nightmarish’: Auckland school turns to sausage sizzles after Government lunch programme delays
The school is using sausage sizzles and Weet-Bix because of unreliable deliveries.
‘Their decision’: Minister on kids hitchhiking 45km to school after rural bus canned
'The obligation is on them to get their children to school.'
Desperate dad teaches kids to hitchhike 45km due to school bus cuts
When Mike Brown took his children to the bus stop, there was no bus waiting.
‘It’s about the safety of our kids’: Parents alarmed over bus cuts
There are concerns about children walking along State Highway 10.
Second BoP daycare has child escape, found by member of public
The incident sparked a risk assessment and supervision review.
School lunches smack of beggars can’t be choosers - Editorial
OPINION: Just because they're free, doesn't mean they'll be gratefully received.
Overseas-born students driving roll growth in Rotorua
'We're getting an even spread of New Zealand-born and overseas-born students.'
Why fast-growing schools are having to say 'No' to new students
'The ministry won’t give you more buildings if you have too many out-of-zone enrolments.'
'Big s*** storm': Teacher quits job to homeschool child after ministry cuts bus route
'I'd love to be working; I don't get pure satisfaction sitting here at home doing this.'
'Get on with the year': Parents baulk at school holding online day between Waitangi and weekend
Other schools will close or hold a teacher-only day Friday, creating a four-day weekend.
Pay errors unaddressed: Calls grow for school payroll reform
Calls for overhaul as overpayment cases hit 820, with 66 in Northland.
‘Your kids might be hungry’: School lunch woes continue; meals not arriving
Children who brought cut lunches shared them with others to stave off hunger pangs.
School lunch delays: ‘Our students deserve better than this'
David Seymour downplayed issues, but school says it's about showing respect to students.
Ministry removes clause restricting schools from talking about new lunch programme
'If schools want to speak about their school lunches ... they are free to do so.'
‘Embarrassing’: Tinetti removes social post criticising school lunch made when Labour in power
'I think that this is a hamburger. I am not certain.'
‘We apologise’: Lunches to arrive late across Auckland schools due to oven glitch
Schools will be reimbursed for buying food due to delayed lunches.
‘A thousand times harder’: Parents turn to charities as school costs rise
Parents increasingly rely on charities due to rising school costs.
'Bland' school lunches arrive up to three hours late, just before home-time
Principals had to buy food to tide students over or pull them out of class to eat late.