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.
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.
The collective represents Compass Group, which was contracted to provide government-funded lunches for the Christchurch school.
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”.
“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.”
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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