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New Zealand’s Hungry Teens Four Years Behind In Their Learning – Free School Lunches Provide Solution

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4 Mar 2024

Health Coalition Aotearoa.

Food poverty has contributed to New Zealand’s poor performance in an international educational achievement test for 15-year-olds, reigniting calls for broader access to free healthy school lunches.

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