Hawke’s Bay uniquely poised to do free school lunches right

“Providing a free school lunch isn’t just about providing food but should be about creating a “‘values-based system’ where children’s hauora (health and wellbeing) is a priority,” says Pippa McKelvie-Sebileau, the project co-ordinator of Nourishing Hawke’s Bay, He wairua tō te kai.

The schools which have done this right have internal food providers, involve the children in the growing and preparation of food and work the lunches into the curriculum with teaching around food and nutrition she said.