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Keith Simes's avatar

Prescience - Achieved with Excellence!

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Anna's avatar

This was exactly my thoughts on re-reading. So prescient, Bex. Such a sad state of affairs. Love your work

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Andrew Clark's avatar

In other countries like China, Japan, Korea school lunches are used to teach nutrition, cooking, biology and life skills. The NZ government of all parties has missed this golden opportunity to improve society.

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Dr Bex's avatar

100%. So many easy wins to be had and yet...here we are with this mess!

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Sheena's avatar

With all the work being done by Professor Julia Rucklidge in the School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing at UC all the government is doing is transferring costs. If children do not receive adequate micronutrients this can lead to numerous mental health issues research evidence is showing. Marmite sandwiches just transfer the potential cost to Te Whatu Ora further down the line……

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Mark Heatherbell's avatar

I emailed Seymour and criticized him in every way over his total failure to provide good school lunches. He never replied cos he is earning so much that he thinks he doesnt need to listen to people like me. He is ruled by ideology.

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