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Does the Associate Minister agree with the Auditor-General's office regarding the Inquiry into the Alternative Provision Model for Ka Ora, Ka Ako (school lunch programme), that "It is important that public organisations... get value for money for New Zealanders"; if so, does he believe that "value for money" is not having set measurements for nutritional compliance of school lunches? and 1 other question

Answered 30182, 30190 (2026)
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Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

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  • 30182

    Does the Associate Minister agree with the Auditor-General's office regarding the Inquiry into the Alternative Provision Model for Ka Ora, Ka Ako (school lunch programme), that "It is important that public organisations... get value for money for New Zealanders"; if so, does he believe that "value for money" is not having set measurements for nutritional compliance of school lunches?

  • 30190

    Does the Associate Minister agree with the Auditor-General's office regarding the Inquiry into the Alternative Provision Model for Ka Ora, Ka Ako (school lunch programme), that "It is important that public organisations... get value for money for New Zealanders"; if so, does he believe that "value for money" is only 50.5% of school lunches complying with nutritional standards across 2025?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I agree that it is important that public organisations get value for money for New Zealanders. No, and those figures have subsequently improved to77.3% of meals passing nutrition standards in Term 2, 2026.