Not just a meal
Richie McCaw describes a good lunch as ’part of teamwork and building the spirit’. Witi Ihimaera calls it an 'occasion of shared nourishment’. Michael King’s Penguin History of New Zealand asserts that lunch in Aotearoa 'fills the soul’. Yet, the country I love is at war at the wrong end of the…
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Richie McCaw describes a good lunch as ’part of teamwork and building the spirit’. Witi Ihimaera calls it an 'occasion of shared nourishment’. Michael King’s Penguin History of New Zealand asserts that lunch in Aotearoa 'fills the soul’.
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Yet, the country I love is at war at the wrong end of the stick over school lunches; and my heart cries out with anger and with shame. A modern nation not only unwilling but also incapable of providing decent food to children?
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The $3 lunch disgrace is not just a conversation about a meal; it is about who we are and what we stand for beyond the divides of politics.
Breaking bread with vulnerable children in our care is, at the very least, a kindness. It holds the potential for positive influence, conversation, manners, values, and gratitude. I can’t think of a better investment in a future worth sharing.
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