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'21 out of 13 million': Seymour gives 'context' to school lunch safety complaints

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 1 May 2026, 8:15am
Photo / Mark Mitchell
Photo / Mark Mitchell

'21 out of 13 million': Seymour gives 'context' to school lunch safety complaints

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 1 May 2026, 8:15am

The Associate Education Minister's defending the school lunches programme despite dozens of early safety complaints. 

There were 21 food safety probes into the lunches from May 2024 to mid-November 2025. 

Some investigations came after reports of metal wire, fragments, or glass were discovered in food. 

David Seymour told Mike Hosking it's 21 lunches out of around 13 million.  

He says the issues are from when Government overtook Labour's scheme or the first term of their new scheme, which faced some teething issues.  

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