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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1352/
- Published: 2025-12-02T17:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-02T17:30:02.000Z
- Description: David Seymour accused the school’s principal Peggy Burrows of being a “media frequent flyer”.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> The principal of a school which served up a contaminated meal from the government’s free school lunches programmes says she’s hurt by David Seymour’s comments against her.  
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> The School Lunch Collective told RNZ it was investigating a “food quality issue” after mouldy mince was served up to students at Haeata Community Campus on Monday.  
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> The collective represents Compass Group, which was contracted to provide government-funded lunches for the Christchurch school.  
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> David Seymour, who is the Associate Education Minister, spoke to First Up on RNZ about the lunches on Tuesday morning, and accused the school’s principal Peggy Burrows of being a “media frequent flyer”.  
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> “It 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.”  
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> In response, Burrows said she refused to get involved in a public stoush but added: “I am an educationist, not a politician. I am here to advocate for this community.”  
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