Ashburton Courier: August 25, 2022

NEWS
20 Ashburton Courier, August 25, 2022
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz
Lunches in schools helping kids
Kids learn better with afull
stomach. That’s why our
government launched our
lunches in school programme,
which is now providing free
and healthy school lunches to
thousands of children across
the country so they can focus
on what’s important ­learning.
Since we started rolling out
free lunches in schools two
years ago, around 63 million
healthy lunches have been
served and they now reach
220,000 students across the
country, including lots of kids
here in Rangitata.
This programme is one of the
ways that we’re helping to
make everyday life more
affordable for New Zealanders.
For example, it’s saving
families with two children at
school around $62 aweek and
more than $2000 ayear.
There’s no single solution to
the cost of living pressures that
families are feeling right now,
but offering free lunches in
schools is one way we’re
helping.
It’s part of arange of actions
we’ve taken to support New
Zealanders in the face of global
inflation.
This includes our new
temporary cost of living
payment, designed to support
over two million people
earning less than $70,000,
including many here in
Rangitata.
We’re tackling transport
costs by extending our fuel tax
cut and reduced road user
charges.
We’re also taking action on
supermarkets to make sure
Kiwis are paying afair price at
the checkout, and more.
On top of supporting families
in Ashburton and around the
country with the cost of living,
our lunches in school
programme has already
created more than 2300 jobs,
which is great news for our
communities.
We’ve also been told by
teachers and principals that
it’s helping our kids focus and
learn, and it’s setting up the
next generation with skills that
will last them alifetime.
Making New Zealand the best
place in the world to be achild
is apriority for our
government, and despite a
global pandemic, our extra
measures to support families
have lifted tens of thousands of
children from poverty and
we’re seeing downward trends
across all nine measures of
child poverty.
While we’re making good
progress on tackling the longterm
challenges that cause
child poverty, we know that
none of the solutions are
instant. Providing afree and
healthy lunch at school is one
way to make adifference for
kids in Rangitata immediately,
and it’s aprogramme that I’m
incredibly proud of.
IN BRIEF
CABINET ART WORKS
Artists wanting to create muralson
Chorus cabinets haveuntil
Wednesday,August31 to get their
designs in. Chorus community
relationsmanagerJoSeddon says
“Artists can findthe chosencabinets
and howtoapply on ourdedicated
cabinet artwebsite. We know there
are alot of talentedartistsout there
and wereally encouragethemtoget
their designs in before submissions
close.”
Information on how to apply can
be found on Chorus’ dedicated
webpageatwww.chorus.co.nz/
community/cabinet-art-programme.
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