GORDON LIGHTFOOT | Politics
OUT OF TOUCH
Teachers and principals took a break from sending photos of squashed school lunches to Stuff today, instead turning their attention to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
Today Luxon callously suggested that parents should feed their own children, and even said he would “prefer it if the state didn’t have to”. But when he went on to say that parents could make a sandwich using marmite… that was the last straw.
The New Zealand Principals Association put out a statement on their website, calling the Prime Minister “out of touch” for suggesting parents should make marmite sandwiches instead of vegemite ones.
“For many children, their school lunch is the most nutritious thing they’re going to eat all day. So if you’re going to suggest any yeast-based spread on sandwiches, at least suggest vegemite since vegemite has veggies in it,” the statement read.
“It’s in the name, dummy!”
The Bega Group, the Australian company that owns the Vegemite brand, has also slammed the prime minister.
“Vegemite’s got veggies in it! Does Mr Luxon not want children to have nutritious veggies in New Zealand? Or is it the parents’ responsibility to give their kids veggies too?” said the group spokesman matter-of-factly.
The Principals Association later published a follow up post, questioning why Luxon chose to say children should have an apple in their lunch, when oranges have more vitamin C.
More to come.
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