Harawira hosts morning tea for Community Coalition for Food in Schools

It has been so successful that a TV One poll showed that 70% of New Zealanders support the introduction of government-funded food programmes in low decile schools, and food in schools was the only policy issue to make the list of top 10 news stories in 2013.

Last Wednesday, 5 March, Hone Harawira hosted a morning tea in Parliament to thank the 30+ member organisations of the Community Coalition for Food in Schools. Collectively they have run a very successful campaign to promote the need for food programmes in low decile schools and build support for MANA’s Feed the Kids Bill. It has been so successful that a TV One poll showed that 70% of New Zealanders support the introduction of government-funded food programmes in low decile schools, and food in schools was the only policy issue to make the list of top 10 news stories in 2013. - See more at: http://feedthekids.org.nz/2014/03/harawira-hosts-morning-tea-for-community-coalition-for-food-in-schools/#sthash.mBeaRS2H.dpuf

Also speaking at the morning tea were: Deborah Morris-Travers (Unicef Advocacy Manager); Angela Roberts (PPTA President); Major Pam Waugh (Salvation Army Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit); Kiri Smith (NZEI and Tūmuaki of Natone Park School) and tauira who sang Tai Aroha; Lisa Beech (Caritas Research and Advocacy Manager) and Cathy, Martin, Eustie and Hanna who sang Te Aroha; Rawiri Wright (Te Rūnanga Nui o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa and Tūmuaki of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi Marae); and Katherine Rich (Food and Grocery Council CEO).