Healthy Active Learning

Healthy food and drink guidance and tools

Guidance

As part of the Healthy Active Learning initiative, the Ministry of Health has updated its food and nutrition guidance for education settings.

Healthy Food and Drink Guidance — Early Learning Services (PDF, 3.9 MB) [PDF, 3.9 MB]
Aratohu Kai Tōtika me te Inu Hauora Ngā Ratonga Mātauranga Kōhungahunga (PDF, 3.9 MB) [PDF, 3.9 MB]
Healthy Food and Drink Guidance — Schools (PDF, 4.2 MB) [PDF, 4.2 MB]
Aratohu Kai Tōtika me te Inu Hauora Kura (PDF, 3.9 MB) [PDF, 3.9 MB]

The guidance aligns with the 'National Healthy Food and Drink Policy' but is adapted to meet the needs of tamariki with the aim of creating consistent messages across a range of education settings.

The guidance represents the Ministry of Health policy for food and drink available in education settings. It addresses the types and portion sizes of foods available in schools, kura, and English and Māori medium early learning services. Food and drink that staff or tamariki bring for their own consumption is excluded from this guidance.

Healthy Active Learning — Sport New Zealand (external link)

National Healthy Food and Drink Policy — Ministry of Health (external link)

Toolkits

To support implementation of this guidance, toolkits have been developed in te reo Māori and English. These are available to all schools, kura, and English and Māori medium early learning services. A health promotion workforce based in public health units throughout the country will provide practical support to assist education settings to create healthier food environments.

Reducing food-related choking for babies and young children at early learning services (external link) provides our recommendations on reducing the risk of food-related choking in early learning services such as early childhood education services, ngā kōhanga reo and certificated playgroups.