By Giles Dexter of RNZ The Healthy School Lunches programme has been funded for another year, with the government committing $212 million towards an extension. While the programme would remain as is for 2027, the associate education minister said it was likely changes would be made for 2028 and beyond. In 2024, the government made significant changes to the programme, which had been started by the previous government, in order to cut down on costs. The average cost per meal has now dropped to $3.58 across all suppliers. The government had initially only kept funding going for the programme for 2025 and 2026, after making significant changes to the delivery and cost of the service from the previous government's version. In a pre-Budget announcement, Associate Education Minister David Seymour said the programme would be extended for another year, while the government asked "fundamental questions" of the scheme. "We want to give people certainty.…