A woman living in a West Auckland caravan park says having access to leftover school lunches is helping to curb crime. Residents of the park say access to the the food means they don't need to steal from a supermarket. It comes as the government's school lunch programme is under review with Associate Education Minister David Seymour saying funding should be cut as 'nearly 10,000 meals are wasted everyday'. But as Mahvash Ikram found out, one community organisation says the school lunches don't go to waste and are a lifeline that they desperately need.
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