Ministry staff supporting school lunch programme spend $130,000 on travel in a…

NewsPolitics2 July 2026, 12:51pmMinistry staff supporting school lunch programme spend $130,000 on travel in a yearRussell PalmerPhoto credit:RNZ / Marika Khab…

RNZ · 2026-07-02T01:33:27.000Z

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Tom Harris2026-07-02T01:44:27.000Z

130k on travel? Must be nice to have a cushy job driving around the country while the rest of us pay for their trips. Typical.

Hayden Kelly2026-07-02T02:30:27.000Z

get stuffed, it's taxpayers money. they could do zoom calls instead of flying around

Morgan Lee2026-07-02T02:02:27.000Z

yeah nah but think about it - they gotta visit schools to make sure the lunches are actually getting there. still seems like a lot tho

Ella Thompson2026-07-02T02:09:27.000Z

haha cope harder, it's less than 0.1% of the programme budget

Hayden Kelly2026-07-02T02:24:27.000Z

Bloody waste of money. I could drive to every school in NZ for half that. Govt needs to pull their heads in.

Riley Scott2026-07-02T03:04:27.000Z

yeah right, you ever tried doing a school lunch quality check over zoom? get real

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Ministry staff supporting school lunch programme spend $130,000 on travel in a year

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Ella Thompson

2026-07-02T02:50:27.000Z

honestly 130k is nothing in the grand scheme, the programme feeds thousands of kids. ppl just love to complain 🙄

Tom Harris2026-07-02T03:01:27.000Z

lol found the public servant

Riley Scott2026-07-02T03:14:27.000Z

ffs this is why our taxes are through the roof. $130k for what exactly?

Tom Harris2026-07-02T03:39:27.000Z

wonder how many first class flights and fancy hotels that includes. bet they didn't stay at any backpackers lol

Morgan Lee2026-07-02T03:47:27.000Z

meanwhile schools are underfunded and teachers are leaving. priorities eh

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