Plums, oranges and bananas were on the menu for some of the 130 pupils at Brockville Full Primary School, in Dunedin, yesterday.
Brockville deputy principal Di Tait said teachers, pupils and parents at the school had benefited from the scheme for the past 10 years.
''The kids get a variety of fruit to choose from each day so we know that they will be getting at least one healthy thing.''
She believed there was a noticeable difference in the behaviour of pupils after they had eaten fruit.
Tolise Alesana (5) was the only pupil in his class to favour bananas over plums. However, all pupils agreed having daily fruit in the class was ''cool''.
Announcing the continued funding yesterday, Health Minister Jonathan Coleman said 543 schools, and 104,000 pupils across New Zealand would receive weekly fruit and vegetables.
More than 20 million servings of produce would be given out this year.
Other Otago schools that would benefit from the programme were Bathgate Park School, Carisbrook Main School, Kakanui School, Puketai School, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Otepoti and Tokoiti School.
The programme started in 2005.
