22 Jun 2022

Petition renews call for sugary drinks ban from NZ schools

From Checkpoint, 5:36 pm on 22 June 2022

A petition calling for sugary drinks to be banned from all New Zealand schools has gone to Parliament.

The group behind it - Health Coalition Aotearoa - also wants new rules forcing schools and kura to supply only healthy food.

Right now there are nutritional guidelines but no hard rules. The government is considering a drinks ban, but only for primary schools.

The fight to free schools of unhealthy drinks has been going on a long time. Health Coalition Aotearoa chair Professor Boyd Swinburn talks to Lisa Owen.