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School lunches: Principals disheartened by menu changes, lack of funding for staff

School lunches: Principals disheartened by menu changes, lack of funding for staff
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School lunches funding likely to be time-limited

It's an approach to funding the government has spent months criticising Labour over - calling them "fiscal cliffs" .

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School leaders unite to defend free lunches

A dozen school and early childhood sector groups have asked the prime minister to retain funding for the free school lunch scheme, Ka Ora Ka Ako.

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School-provided lunches needed more than ever as parents struggle with costs

An Auckland school says 80 percent of its students are now asking for school-funded lunch, as parents struggle with the cost of feeding the family. People in Māngere told Checkpoint they're relying on extended family to get by. Others say their weekly bills have doubled. Meanwhile, an agency helping people in hardship says it's seeing demand for its services that would've been unfathomable 10 years ago. Here's our reporter Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nick Monro.

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Schools prepare for new year in red restrictions

The sudden change to the red light has schools spending the last week of the holidays preparing to open under new restrictions. At red, masks are required for students in years 4 and up, and also all teachers or staff in those classrooms. It's a week since five to 11-year-olds became eligible to get the vaccine and nearly a quarter of them have had or are booked in to receive their first vaccination. Nardi Leonard is the Principal of Jean Batten Primary School in Mangere East. She talks to Lisa Owen.

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