Whangārei tsunami evacuation: Free feed a good deed for schoolchildren
9 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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The mass of helpers who stepped in last-minute to help feed and entertain Morningside Primary School and Renew School Whangārei students. Photo / Supplied
The mass of helpers who stepped in last-minute to help feed and entertain Morningside Primary School and Renew School Whangārei students. Photo / Supplied
Multimedia journalist for the Northern Advocatekarina.cooper@nzme.co.nz
Food trucks hampered in last week s tsunami warning threw open their doors to feed more than 300 schoolkids seeking safety on a Whangārei hilltop.
The act of kindness by Bidfood - a national wholesale food distributor - eased the hunger pains of Morningside Primary School and Renew School Whangārei pupils who evacuated to Anzac Park in Raumanga when the tsunami alert sounded.
Kids say: Lasagne please, but no thanks to fish
20 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Lasagne - in this case an upmarket version at Ponsonby s Farina restaurant - has proved kids favourite meal in the free school lunch scheme. Photo / Michael Craig
Lasagne has proved to be the favourite food of children receiving free school lunches so far - but they will have to wait until the winter months to get it next year. Sabrina Matai a, who manages the school lunch programme for Libelle Group which fed 13 of the first 31 schools in a trial that started in February, said the company started providing just cold food such as sandwiches, but the children asked for hot food.
Timaru District & Waimate District
This expansion will welcome 55 new schools to the Lunch By Libelle programme. It will allow Lunch By Libelle to feed an additional 10,414 learners nutritious school lunches each day. It will create around 100 new jobs at Libelle, within the school community, to support local jobs and COVID-19 economic recovery. This appointment is a testament to the hard work that the Lunch By Libelle team has achieved throughout the pilot programme as well as the wider Libelle Group whānau.
In 2021, Lunch By Libelle will be serving 15,570 learners nutritionally balanced and free school lunches every single day.
Libelle Group has been a creative driver in shaping modern school food and has been feeding school kids across the country for over 15 years.