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11:29 am, December 2nd, 2025 - 22 comments
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The chickens are clearly coming home to roost.
David Seymour’s campaign to reduce the so called excessive spend on Labour’s school lunches have struck a rather awkward problem. At least for one school recently provided lunches were inedible which basically destroys the whole reason for having them.
From Rachel Graham at Radio New Zealand:
The principal of a Christchurch school served up mouldy mince from the school lunch programme today believes the meals had earlier been returned to the supplier – but not thrown out.
Haeata Community Campus was given rancid, mouldy meals as part of the government’s school lunch programme on Monday.
The school, which covers from Year 1 to 13, said a teacher noticed the meals were off after they had been distributed to a number of children.
Haeata principal Peggy Burrows said they have had some problems before, but nothing this catastrophic.
“A staff member opened it and it was absolutely rancid, covered in furry stuff, completely rotten, and smelt absolutely revolting,” said Burrows.
“So of course we immediately shut the whole lunch programme down, but what we did notice was in the rubbish tin was some children had opened the lunches and there was evidence that some had eaten some of this putrid stuff.”
It looked like the meal was supposed to be a hot meal of mince, potatoes and vegetables, but she said it was completely mouldy and looked putrefied, and stank.
They opened several other cartons and they were also all inedible, she said.
Paradoxically the school has its own commercial kitchen and wanted to make its own meals but the ministry said no on the basis this was a risk to food security. Clearly they should rethink this.
Initially Seymour’s office said it was an operational matter and that questions should be directed to the Ministry.
Then this morning the Deputy Prime Minister decided to go on the offensive. He was interviewed on Radio New Zealand and was utterly, utterly appalling.
He attacked Burrows and said that she was a “frequent flyer in the media” whatever that means. In particular what he said about the incident was “[i]t will be investigated but I also note this particular principal is a frequent flyer in the media complaining about quite a range of government policies… I think people need that context.”
Can someone tell me why people need that context? If you complain about how bad the Government is do you then lose the ability to complain again?
Seymour also tried to blame the school.
Whether that happened through the distributor or whether that happened with a mix up at the school is unclear.”
This particular line was repeated all morning by Radio New Zealand. It is sad to see the state broadcaster cowered into running Government disinformation lines.
Seymour also claimed that there had been no illness as a result that he knew of.
This was immediately contradicted by the mother of a school student then being interviewed and describing how her daughter had eaten a meal and was unwell.
It should be remembered that previously Act and Seymour criticised Labour’s School lunch program for wastage and in particular because the quality being delivered was apparently putting kids off.
Either way, the waste needs to stop, he said. I agree.
The Government will be preying that they can pin this on the school. But it seems even at this stage pretty clear who is to blame.
Onya MS. Surely the continuing build up of these kinds of things (particularly affecting Children!) will motivate even the beaten down/apathetic ?
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My what a lovely Albatross you're drawing attention to there David.
The sooner this apology for a human and his party are liquidated the better
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Right oh
Twerker Seymour had so many advantages in life and continues to punch down – loser.
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I think you misspelt "praying" as "preying" but with his personal attacks on others it works quite well in context ..
Looking at the photo of Seymour with his fry-pan reminds me of the Leadbelly song, Midnight Special, which goes "Well, you wake up in the morning, hear the big bell ring, You go marching to the table, it's the same damn thing. Knife and fork are on the table, ain't nothing in your pan, If you say anything about it, you're in trouble with the man."
It is the same with Seymour and school lunches- food of predictable mediocrity, nothing edible and criticism from the Minister if you complain. Seymour has nothing in his pan……
Seymour can’t run or build anything.
He’s a politician who can attack, can tear things to the ground but won’t have a legacy apart from in the history books as a warning.
He could not run a school, without leaning heavily on a talented staff. It’s too complex and requires an open mind and operational competence.
Running a school he wouldn’t be getting sweetheart deals for special funding. There wouldn’t be a David Seymour memorial hall.
No kid is going to come forward and go I wouldn’t have got through that tough time without Mr Seymour.
There’d be a closed library because he couldn’t find the money for heating or replacing books. There’d be cancellations for sports day or sports teams because grounds staff had been cut back and there’d been a downpour.
It’s like the inquiry into children in care: You can’t see these things when you see people: head injuries, neglect, missing meals, no love, missing swimming pools at schools, missing computers at schools, closed grounds, inadequate libraries. You just see Davey boy blaming someone else or lying when the statistics come out.
Viva la Libertarian! 🙁
First they tried to repeal treaty legislation
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Maori
Then they set up a traffic light regime for jobseekers
And I did not speak out
Because I was not unemployed
Then they made teppinyaki of the public servants
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a public servant
Then they gave rancid school lunches to schools with their own commercial kitchens
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a school pupil
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
I'm sure Seymour would love to be able to say "Look, this whole school lunches thing just isn't working, we should cut our losses and cancel it," and is quite possibly deliberately working towards that.
Well maybe, but they've already said they will continue next year, & Compass are not allowed to bid for the contract.
According to TV1's 6pm news this evening MPI Field Officers claim it is more likely those lunches were delivered to the school last Thurs. and not refrigerated and then were accidently served to students yesterday. The school principle has adamantly denied there were any school lunches left on the premises.
I smell a cover-up. Been there, seen governmental botch-ups and subsequent cover-ups in the past. First amendment in all such cases:
Find the most vulnerable individual involved, and pin the blame onto them. If its queried then close ranks and lie like a fish. Nobody will believe the individual but everybody will believe us.
Works a treat. I can say that from personal experience.
Link to the coverup.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/580636/rotten-lunches-remained-at-school-without-refrigeration-for-three-days-nz-food-safety
Thanks Kay
MPI officer claims nine boxes were delivered last Thursday morning and only eight boxes were picked up in the afternoon. One was left behind.
School principle responds:
Anne, we know they defy science, defy democratic systems, so why are we surprised they ignore actual evidence?
We are supposed to suspend belief while they fudge and out right lie. But we know them now for the mean shysters they are.
Seymour of the ad hominem, attacking the Principal and the School, when evidence suggests Compass made the error.
The salient details
1.
2.The school says it has evidence proving this to be a lie.
If records have been falsified, that would be a crime.
If so, who asked for that to be done?
Someone who did not know the school kept video records.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/580658/no-political-agenda-principal-says-cctv-proves-mouldy-meals-weren-t-last-week-s-leftovers
David Seymour does not take responsibility for anything. Don't forget PM Luxon said he was "aligned with Act", in other words he is "Happy with their beliefs and actions", both are rotten to the core imho.
This is the government of shit-in-the-street.
We refuse to do anything. We refuse to allow the councils to do anything.
Dancing to the smell of shit-in-the-street. That’s our plan. For you. We’ll be on holiday in Hawaii.
Democracy is a supposed to be a problem solving mechanism, not a problem avoidance or problem creation mechanism.
Have the meals a date on them?