Children's charity KidsCan is hoping it will be able to operate as an essential service during the nationwide lockdown and says demand from schools for food supplies has risen sharply in just the last week.
Many are fearing the worst as demand is rapidly rising and families are already feeling the pinch.
Auckland mother Margaret Perry has three days' worth of food in the house for her seven children.
Schools are figuring out how to teach students from home if they are shut down, and that's caused some anxiety that students who rely on their schools for meals could go hungry.
Kidscan has launched its latest campaign featuring some of the country's top chefs making the worst meals of their lives to make a point about what our most vulnerable children are forced to eat.
A new recipe by top chef Nadia Lim will raise a few eyebrows.
It's called red soup, and is made from the reheated, leftover water used to cook cheerios in.
A new recipe by top chef Nadia Lim will raise a few eyebrows.
It's called red soup, and is made from the reheated, leftover water used to cook cheerios in.
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