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Taranaki high school has surplus with $4 school lunches

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Rear View Of Students Walking To High School

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The coalition government's shake-up to school lunches last year left a trail of complaints, including melted plastic in food and a student being burned by an overheated lunch. 

For schools delivering the lunches themselves, there have been serious cost pressures. 

But one Taranaki high school says they've not only managed to operate within the $4 per lunch budget in the first quarter, but also had a small surplus.

Daryl Warburton is the principal of Waitara High School and talks to Paddy.