New Zealand produces enough food to feed 40 million people a year, most of it exported, yet an estimated one in three households experience hunger or food insecurity amid soaring food prices, supply disruptions, rising fuel costs and stagnant incomes. In 2023 the Public Health Advisory Committee made five recommendations for a unified, healthier food system, which it presented to the government in May 2024. Ahead of the general election, the authors assessed the six parties elected to parliament in 2023 against these recommendations, using party websites, press releases and media statements. The Green Party's food policy aligns most closely with the committee's strategy, including a government-owned supermarket chain and an expanded free school lunch service. By contrast, National has no specific food policy and agreed to cut up to NZ$145 million from the Ka Ora, Ka Ako school lunch budget, while ACT, which led that cut, opposes active government intervention in food environments.
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Researchers at Auckland University of Technology note Aotearoa New Zealand produces enough food to feed 40 million people a year, mostly for export, yet an estimated one in three households experience hunger or food insecurity, worsened by soaring food prices, stagnant incomes relative to inflation and climate change. The article notes that in 2023 the Public Health Advisory Committee was tasked with investigating the national food system and presented five recommendations to the current government in May 2024. The authors reviewed the positions of the six parties elected to parliament in 2023 using party websites, press releases and media statements. The Green Party's food policy aligns most closely with the recommendations, including an expanded free school lunch service and a government-owned supermarket chain. ACT, by contrast, opposes active government intervention in food environments and led cuts to the Ka Ora, Ka Ako budget and the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora.
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