David Seymour on School Lunches & "Woke" Foods

[@cyrillawless]

Whoever buys the kids their phones should be able to supply them with food.

[@gavinivers8941]

Very good point.

[@stuwhyte479]

Good 1 dickhead.

[@markstephens5118]

The government isn't starving children. Their parents are. This is the very definition of wasting taxpayers' money 😢

[@peterwiles1299]

Won’t eat sandwiches - surely not hungry in the first place?

[@bigthinker281]

Marmite sandwiches?!? I’m OUTRAGED! 😅

[@jasperhorace7147]

“Mum, I’m hungry.” “Have a piece of bread.” “I don’t like bread.” “Hungry people eat bread.” And the same goes for thirsty kids - thirsty people drink water.

[@giltee626]

Problem is also the authoritarian schools have banned parents from putting things like biscuits and muesli bars etc in school lunches. I say let parents put what they want because at least kids are eating something

[@terryvanderhoeven2148]

If you choose to be a parent, as we did, doesn't that include providing for your kids?

[@gavinivers8941]

What, they need to take responsibility!!!???? Can a lefty spell that?

[@Rodtang-x5z]

That

[@namrepusprime6793]

Why are my tax dollars paying for someone elses childs food? I am a solo parent and my child has never gone hungry, I dont understand why this is even a thing.

[@helenlizzystewart4908]

very good question, I bet you do not get an honest answer

[@AJ-oj5eu]

Thankyou.

[@dd2451]

Because Kiwis and the usual suspects are very good at the upturned hand.

[@johnjones5995]

Because it's the same parents that don't care, not ALL parents are good parents. You can say that a percentage use the program because it's there. I never had working for families when my kids were growing up and to be honest i wouldn't have used it as i didn't need it. I know people that use this just because it's there and they can, not because they need it. But there is a percentage of children that need this lunch program, not all home life for a percentage of these children is good, parents could be meth addicted, alcohol addicted etc. School lunches might be there only meal for the day and that does happen.

[@MrGazawaza]

because you're racist or something

[@brianlee5505]

Someone needs to tell teachers that the lunches aren't for them...!

[@RexWainwwright]

All we had were peanut butter or jam sandwiches, a small pack of raisins and an apple. Sushi, you've got to be kidding. Obviously spending other people's money

[@janconway2880]

Exactly, parents responsibility to feed their children, so if u can't do that, don't have children, its the same as having what you can afford as far as children go, if you can afford 2 children, then that's what you have, instead of having several and expecting the Government to support you.

[@olliemoose2020]

And that has been the biggest problem for NZ having such a ridiculous social welfare system it been wroughted for decades now to the detriment of tax payer's

[@paulineleng1218]

Use condoms …they are free by family planning! Provided by tax payers too

[@Duckz558]

so yous rather deprive kids of food just to fulfill your needs how fkn pathetic no love where yous are

[@giantcheesegrater]

Axe the free school lunches, and use all that taxpayer money to pay for free abortions instead.

[@waynewilliams2902]

For most people "poverty is between the ears": You can go to the Warehouse and get 1.5kg of high grade flour for $1.95 make a no-knead-loaf for around 20 to 30c in 10 minutes (to leaven) - I can't understand people having kids with: no job, no money and no house ...but in my day they told you: "you made your bed you lie in it" (even though i made the same mistake at 20) - i learnt the hard way

[@olliemoose2020]

Exactly.

[@tim2muntu954]

It's well overdue time to review the whole Government loan system that is funding the Universities engaged in indoctrinating NZ youth. The curriculum needs to be completely overhauled. NZ needs educated individuals capable of critical thought not indoctrinated activists parroting critical group-thought.

[@njd2342]

It was bangers and mash and banana in custard for me and my mum had to chip in with 50p. Today's cell-phone kids have it real easy.

[@firequeen7872]

I dont know, I had that too. Sausages and mince were poor people food then, bloody expensive now 😑 I feel sorry for kids now because I grew up without internet and cellphone - thank god, and they’re nothing but destructive for young people today. All it’s done is dehumanise them, and stop them interacting personally as they would have, so their confidence and basic social skills are lower too. Less and less kids have a mum cooking for them at home too, or at home after school for them, which is very important, and on top of that the highly processed foods people buy eat and feed their kids are really toxic, a lot of the time they’re doing that because everyone’s shattered and there isn’t some ne at home JUST focusing on the food and caring for the family, so overall I think my gen -78 had it a lot easier and a lot nicer and was more in line with basic humanity. That said I am really appalled at parents who do not feed their children properly. Kids come first. If you can’t stick to that rule as a parent then perhaps consider condoms and, if you really have to, a goldfish. Maybe.

[@Innerlight320]

Luxury! We lived in rolled up newspaper in a sceptic tank and ate hot gravel

[@njd2342]

@@Innerlight320 Aye, t'was luxury but we did have to live in the hole you got your hot gravel from.

[@Innerlight320]

@@njd2342 A hole luxury we had to get up at 10 pm half an hour before bed work 26 hours in coal mine come home to a dad that would kill us and dance atop of graves!

[@NZ_Kiwi1010]

I love the word woke food 🤣😂

[@The-Chrystalmachine]

Isn't woke food actually two words. If marmite and cheese sandwiches are perfectly nutritious lunches will this be what is served to all the politicians for their free lunches as well? I wonder how much that would save the taxpayer?

[@newafricanforum]

Vegans and lactose free. 😂

[@bigthinker281]

Yes it’s great isn’t it! I laughed when I heard that! 🤣👍

[@lisac1619]

Parents should be going without to feed their children, not relying on the government.

[@Lady-hi7mr]

I had sushi today, its expensive! Not something i have often. Give them fruit and buttered bread with the cheapest spreads and speaking of spreads free contraception for parents.

[@raymondlogan7807]

Well said!

[@sueedwards9334]

Sándwiches and fruit - one sandwich and one piece of fruit or two of each for Year 7 and up. And parents have to pay something for it, not the whole cost, but some of it. Thanks to the 75% of parents who are actually doing the job of parents by giving them food!

[@HunkyMan777]

Not taxpayers responsibility to pay for kids lunches. Scrap the program.

[@neillewis785]

true

[@StarzPopzD]

Ahhh fark up

[@vaughnbrophy4358]

100%

[@jame2433]

So when wealth inequality reaches even higher levels are you going to be keen on having worse crime rates, less educated society? These kids need support and society would support anything that benefits society.

[@olliemoose2020]

Exactly, why are the NZ tax payer's paying for other people kids lunches, unbelievable if adults can't afford to have kids then maybe they shouldn't.

[@questor55]

I take full responsibility for all the hungry kids since I am not personally feeding them.

[@ronaldwarren1267]

From cradle to the grave tax payer paying for these kids where are their parents nz is done

[@giantcheesegrater]

I'd rather my tax money feed hungry kids than give my multi-millionaire landlord free mortgages on his 10 properties.

[@ngaftp]

Have some bread, spreads and fruit in the lunch room and they can make themselves something if they really need it. This should be at all schools. Not just 'poor' ones.

[@mephistofleece]

David has our votes in my home.

[@paulineleng1218]

Citizens seem to dislike efficiency and cost cutting projects. They love wastage like labour .

[@stevebest2628]

I am sorry if you can Produce Children You can produce something to Feed them, End of STORY

[@giantcheesegrater]

Free abortions?

[@Greg-kz3sv]

Give the kids jam or marmite and lettuce sandwiches. Lol😊

[@annemackay-ib4gy]

Yea just like we grew up with

[@ronaldwarren1267]

Tax payer should not be paying charge the parent half the cost then the kids won't be hungry

[@Greg-kz3sv]

That's how it was, now & then in CHCH we had the odd Stevey's Square 🥧 Pie, Food of champions 🏆

[@Harkness197]

David is always logical!

[@stuartdouce]

if u cant afford to house or feed your kids dont have them. not other taxpayers problem.

[@pietdebeer7972]

Our next PM!

[@rodnichols6237]

😂😂😂😂 that thing is a Muppet

[@AlanFitness-t3n]

@@rodnichols6237 he speaks a lot of sense mate. N.Z is in deep doo doo after Jacinda & Chippy. I’m really liking what is coming from ACT & N.Z First.

[@rodnichols6237]

@user-ek1sq3bj4z our country will be sold under the 3 ring circus 🎪 government

[@rodnichols6237]

You are a very special 😂😂😂​@@AlanFitness-t3n

[@ethankennedykemwashere3360]

Efficiency is key here. I stand in favour of the program in theory because kids shouldnt have to worry about incompetent parents. As long as costs a considered effectively then it can be done

[@Andrew-j3l]

Not all parents are responsible...in the words of an iconic 80s band there is no depression in NZ ..no drug addicts..no racism...no teeth in our heads

[@hariseldon3786]

So long as the foods are nutritionally fulfilling coupled with cost effective and have a good shelf-life then they should be optional. However, I would note that the obesity rates in "some communities" could mean that such foods offer a "different lifestyle" and a such may not be "culturally a good fit"... "Eat it or go hungry" as my mother use to say...

[@kiwikat8143]

I agree, My father who was born in 1919, when he was a teenager if he did not eat his dinner it would be served up to him for breakfast. Yes, his father was in the Army!!! No KFC, McDonalds etc in those days.

[@OJB42]

It would be interesting if a budgeting expert looked at these families who can't feed their kids and found out what is really going on. Is it that they can't or just can't prioritise spending? Genuine question.

[@jasperhorace7147]

Really, how needy are some of these people? Are they just lazy, poor parents or don’t actually want to take any responsibility, because somebody else (tax payers) will do it for them?

[@OJB42]

@@jasperhorace7147 That might be what we would suspect, but it would be nice to have some facts to back it up.

[@jasperhorace7147]

@@OJB42 Imagine the outcry if somebody actually tried to assess the facts of where these grifters priorities actually lie. Every bleeding heart in the country would be bleating just like they are when it’s suggested the school lunch program is budgeted, rationalised and made to trim costs.

[@OJB42]

@@jasperhorace7147 Well, sure, the facts would make no difference to some people. I would still like to get some actual stats, though.

[@scollyutube]

​@jasperhorace7147 exactly. Bleeding hearts and facts are mutually incompatible. Save minorities, at the majorities expense is their crazy logic

[@lydiascl]

Once people get used to a privilege/charitable giving, taking it away or revaluation becomes cruel.. 🤔

[@jasperhorace7147]

Just look at aid to Africa or the Islands. Does anything ever improve for those people? If aid worked, they wouldn’t need it by now..

[@ngaftp]

I never had lunch at school. Wasn't really an issue. The kids don't even care.

[@beenflying1]

It should have been scraped. They have caved under woke pressure. Very disappointing...

[@ronshaw1955]

Big Kahuna Burgers, the cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast...

[@perryanderson9103]

No excuse our family where broke but i still had a sandwich and biscuit and water from the school fountain where the birds always used to shit

[@justinlelievre427]

A great man is our David. Thoughtful and measured and very responsible

[@jame2433]

So responsible he tries to inflame people by calling foods woke. Cmon man. He could just say they want to do it in a more cost effective way and left it ghere

[@alistermacpherson7120]

Another person who is overdue for their Specsavers appointment

[@ronaldwarren1267]

Mac Donald's may be

[@frwansie]

Hm..... about half a million $$$saving per day (!!!!) is a lot of new teachers. Bring it on I'd say!

[@J.Smith-rc6wh]

good on you David, common sense is not common at all, keep wading through it, you have support

[@adsdft585]

Where is the detail of the changes?

[@kathleenlewis1954]

Rice is cheaper than bread

[@crazyhorse2995]

My primary school was at the end of my street,and it had a safe pool.❤️🇳🇿

[@adsdft585]

When will the MP for Epsom open a WOKE CAFE soon?

[@adsdft585]

The various food programs could see if they could share the programs and resources. But this is what the CEOs should be thinking about.

[@adsdft585]

We have one government. We do not have three governments.

[@dave24-73]

Do we have a bigger issue where parents don’t have the time, energy, skills, or money to be doing this, and how can this be addressed? If we have lazy parents then won’t proving lunches make them lazier. If the real issue is that food costs too much, shouldn’t the government be looking at driving these prices down? Not saying school lunches aren’t a good idea, many countries including the UK have school lunch programs, just wondering if this is the correct solution or more a Band-Aid that could lead to more problems later on.

[@adsdft585]

The new government speaks with many voices. It want use free labour or passing the costbon school boards.

[@stuwhyte479]

How can Seymour be racist. He's 1/50th maori😂

[@firequeen7872]

I genuinely know what it’s like to be in a difficult situation financially, I am a solo parent and not by choice either. I would and have gone without before my children would ever go without anything. Period. I cannot understand why and how there seems to be so many parents who do not feed their children. It is disgraceful and shameful. Baking can be expensive to get all the ingredients to start, but once you have them you can get far better value for money - because you can make many batches, with the added bonus that you know exactly what has gone into the kids food, and the kids and I always had fun making things together. As far as the sushi comments go it’s gotten a bit silly as it’s so cheap and easy to make. It’s easily one of the healthier items - it’s sugar free and high in nutrients especially if you’re adding meats like tuna so…

[@razorsharp8968]

When the kids aren't eating the food and it's being dropped off to local businesses for workers lunches so that it doesn't all get thrown out its gotten out of hand. Feeding their kids is the job of the parents.

[@andreatodd3095]

Most families can make their kids lunches, however if others are getting it free where's the motivation for anyone to make their kids lunch......ACT's policy will balance that out by not offering gourmet cuisine.

[@simon-ds1vp]

why not deduct the cost of lunch from any beneficiary and pay it straight to the school

[@bigthinker281]

Marmite sandwiches?!? I’m OUTRAGED!!! 😂

[@kiwikat8143]

My mum made me vegemite and chopped walnut sandwiches!!! Yum

[@bigthinker281]

@@kiwikat8143 yes! I reckon marmite sandwiches, milk cartons (which are mostly already in schools), fruit and a muesli bar and maybe…baked beans…(they are cheap!) oh now that’s nice! I used to never eat at school anyway! 🤣 tuna is a good cheap protein source too!

[@danlatham9674]

They should replace the food at bellamys with the school lunches.

[@bluemoon5662]

We all know which kids are sent to school with no lunch, and which parents expect other people to feed their kids. It's been going on for the past 60 years, as far back as I remember. I was forever having my lunch stolen, so my mother made an extra lunch every day so that both of us, me and the thief, never went hungry.

[@giantcheesegrater]

I don't know which kids it is? Can you explain further?

[@geofflewis8599]

The mainstream media described the return of the ability of private accommodation providers to claim the interest on money raised to buy their properties - removed by Labour but available to all other small businesses - as a 'tax -break for landlords'

[@geofreyr]

I cannot fault Seymour's logic. He is more clever than I originally thought (a thought that came from mainstream media, interesting).

[@stuwhyte479]

As a tax payer i don't mind my tax dollars feeding kids.As i don't mind my tax money paying for a safe and reliable inter iland ferry service.

[@YEALANDS2024]

My kids are in a private school and dont get a free lunch but I have no issue wig feeding children. Food is expensive and I would never begrudge children food. I always cook a large dinnner as Im usually feeding extra kids.

[@annekevandenberg8165]

Will the bread be brown or white?

[@hodgefamily3]

I went to school with a sandwich and a piece of fruit, never did me any harm!

[@lancet878]

Voted ACT, happy they extended the program and I don’t even have kids in school

[@CheekyPinoy-rv1io]

My take is that if you’re giving kids a free piece of fruit then that’s an investment; better health. As for butter chicken, nachos, pies etc, that’s a luxury that we should not find.

[@simon-ds1vp]

how do you keep someone in servitude who doesn't work

[@daveearnshaw6874]

Good luck with your political aspirations David Seymour.The future of New Zealand is our young people.

[@mrivantchernegovski3869]

I had many lunches at school that consisted of sandwiches on many days that i feed to the seagulls at school cause id had a good breakfast and was not starving cause my parents cared for me ,other times i had roast beef sandwiches which were great ,mum always put in cakes and biscuits that she baked at home in my lunch box ,i stayed with a Teacher from Hederson north school in west Auckland and every day he would bring home the uneaten school provided lunches for us and usually it was 30 to 50 of these lunches lol some were good others got fed to the birds and hedge hogs at home ,big difference in kids wanting different food to kids needing food

[@DCG-dg5sd]

Chippy de SausageRollgobbler announces .... "Let them eat Sushi" ..... time to dust off the gUillOtiNe folks 🤔

[@margaretpowell5447]

How about you pronounce her name properly. Very rude.

[@rodnichols6237]

People should not ask Seymore for advice full stop

[@pradeepmagan6951]

Why are parents not packing lunch for their children

[@cperera910]

That's someone else's responsibility.

[@speeddemon9555]

give Maori northland, take the dole and super away from them, remind them how life was pre European days, " 35 yr life span, cannibalism, perpetual tribal wars, slavery, etc, etc, and see how they get on, they would revert to kind !!

[@jasperhorace7147]

Suddenly discover they are actually more European than Māori, I suspect.

[@AugustCornelius]

Who cannot afford to make their children a bowl of porridge in the morning? And make a couple of sandwiches for their lunch. Just lazy, entitled "parents" , who need to spend their money on smokes and booze instead!

[@keithfletcher236]

Thank god we are starting to see some sense, the Taxpayer’s do not have bottomless pockets

[@giantcheesegrater]

Yeah, I know right, I wish my tax money wasn't funding my multi-millionaire landlord's free mortgages on his 10 properties. If only my tax money could be better spent, damn.

[@neillewis785]

a FREE LUNCH IS A FREE LUNCH EITHER WAY.The facts are a lot of the kids wouldn't eat the so called Healthy food dished out,and neither would the old people the leftovers sent to .

[@cperera910]

Now we are into inclusivity before some experts say children are starving in the schools some meal suggestions to ponder, Hot vegetable vindaloo, Hot & spicy veggie fried noodles, South African Bobotie, Hot & spicy veggie Pad Thai, Asado, Pork bone (pork is optional) & Puha, and watercress salad with Kumara to name a few. 😂

[@marknicol4957]

One Big batch of Bolognese sauce would do 3 days Spaghetti Bolognese Taco Tuesday Lasagne

[@trishab6220]

Didnt know food was Woke aswell. I guess it is when you think about it. Price of red meat, is beyond most peoples plates now, 28 bucks for blade steak. Makes sense, less farmers being driven out, by this push for processed foods. Even the cat meats woke, my poor cat spits out the teeth, I wondered what the little hard white bits in the meat were. Less fancy packaging, less product, less quality, less food. Next time your at the Supermarket look whats in peoples trollies, its really sad.

[@lancet878]

My old boss tried tell me “would you want an extra but if money in your account each week or feed the poor?” Bloody labour supporters 😂😂

[@KiwiRocketScientist]

Bad food needs medicine (eventually at least), good food is medicine. There will not be a flood of children being born because school lunches exist, but there will be a flood of less-healthy or un-healthy and less engaged pupils having fewer choices later in life. We need to stop making idealogical decisions messing with the education sector and let the educationalists get on with their job of educating our children. I want children to be well feed and engaged, it is best for us all, maybe not now, but definately in the future.

[@willryan5508]

David admits to knowing nothing about health and nutrition, but was an expert on vaccines who refuses to entertain they are anything but net positive for health.

[@hodgefamily3]

Why not assess the parent's ability to provide food for their children and those found wanting should be given vouchers for their children to buy a lunch at school, presuming most schools have some sort of tuck shop available or local dairy. This would provide business for a local vendor and save millions in wasted, unnecessary and uneaten 'free lunches' and all the unnecessary jobs that go with it. I think this solution could work.

[@mrpaisleyshirt]

Sushi for me is a luxury. Now I don't even feel comfortable going into a sushi bar, seeing it's been labeled as woke food. Also, when my father was a kid, he had to make do with dripping sandwiches. And for anyone who doesn't know what that is, it's congealed animal fat. He ate them too.

[@giantcheesegrater]

I always find it weird when people have the mentality of "previous generations had it bad, so future generations should also have it bad". Personally, I hope things get easier for younger generations, I don't want them to struggle.

[@rodgershort]

A hearty Soup maybe

[@ohnean1]

Wow, never seen a club sandwich filled with 2 pieces of shit, get such good reviews, go you good thing !!

[@hdouble2756]

After the submissions were put in David had to drop his nuts and back down. Now he is trying to say he is saving it from himself lol

[@jonathanwright5550]

Thought the gov was broke

[@user-ce9xe1qe8i]

Healthy foods are woke? wtf

[@ferguslowrey6452]

Seymour in Reality, is , just the same, kind of Character within the Huge Court ...a Jester, where , a , Court , ( within creativity and deliverance needs a character) Seymour, along Winston Peters ,)

[@overover..]

Woke food!😂

[@jonturnbull9820]

Love me some sushi

[@lliamjurdom9505]

marmite is also woke mister seymour ...

[@ferguslowrey6452]

yes parents , are , starving , Their Children....(getting a tattoo or what ever, along, drugs. Etc)

[@Hendo1955]

What about milo sandwiches Hahaha

[@tindog999]

How about Chippie Sandwiches too yum!

[@29Ni8]

Platform KZbin comments want to be politicians , politic parties want to be youtubers

[@88-V-..-A-..-N-88]

So what your saying is you want to be a politician?

[@CalTheKiwi1]

Exterminate? Is that in the same league as Shaneel Lal’s bollocks about how there’s “a genocide” against trans in NZ. Sure there is, Shaneel. Relax, everyone is taking you seriously.

[@notbeefyproductions7109]

Hey New Zealand Please Decriminalise Cannabis

[@neillewis785]

don't they give you enough on the dole ,to cover your addiction?

[@minglim-pollard1167]

Would you please go away and stop peddling your poison

[@kiwikiwi223]

​@@neillewis785what makes you think hes on the dole?

[@notbeefyproductions7109]

@@neillewis785 You know thats a really snarky comment given you know Nothing about me and why im asking for cannabis to be decriminalised.

[@kiwikiwi223]

​​​@@minglim-pollard1167poison? There sick people suffering all around the world that use cannabis to help with there symptoms and illnesses. Its alot better than the bullshit big pharma peddles. You got alcohol ads all over the TV. And you call cannabis poison 😂😂😂

[@thnz5067]

Seymore? See less. Taking money from kids. Foul.

[@olliemoose2020]

What.

[@jasperhorace7147]

Lazy, careless parents taking money from hard working tax payers. Foul‼ what is wrong with people feeding their own children?

[@nzmarco]

Who is this goblin?

[@druckerman247]

How is sushi woke? Is it woke for Japanese to eat sushi. 🤔

[@NZ_Kiwi1010]

Who cares, it was just a word he throw out... maybe he should have said we only need basic lunches in schools like we have always had

[@Peter_Pepper_Love]

Make Tomato Sandwiches Great Again 🥴

[@njd2342]

@@Peter_Pepper_Love Come on, add a Kraft slice Minnie Mouse?

[@njd2342]

I can't afford sushi unless its the throw aways (after 3pms) so if kids get yesterday's sushi great. Doubt kids would want meso soup?

[@ala-hc4rx]

Actually sushi is not a Japanese invention.

[@DaveTimperley]

Several friends of mine wonder why I'm happy that Semour finally made it into a position of influence. My reply is… that up till now, many people in the electorate had no idea about libertarian policies, and didn't really know Semour beyond his election antics, and retorts in the media. Now that everyone has had a chance to properly experience his nonsense, I don't think he will be sneaking back into such a position at the next election. I'm also thinking that the Nat’s (much like the Rep's in the US with the MAGA's) have hopefully realised how much ‘friendly fire’ damage these sorts of loose cannons can do, and will be a bit more circumspect of alliances in the future.

[@kenhorlor5674]

As a taxpayer, I'm happy to see some of my money going into school lunches. I want to see kids fed as hungry children don't learn as well. As for ACT, I'll never vote for them, they're as bad as the rest, where were they when we needed them?