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The first container of Fonterra Milk for Schools packs for the South Island has left Auckland, with support from Mainfreight and Pacifica Shipping.

More than 150 Southland and Otago primary schools are today being invited to be among the first schools in the country to receive free milk for their students under the nationwide Fonterra Milk for Schools programme.

Fonterra is joining forces with another home-grown New Zealand business to ensure the milk kids are drinking through the Fonterra Milk for Schools programme is perfectly chilled.

Northland kids have been drinking more milk – at school and at home – since the Fonterra Milk for Schools programme started in early 2012, according to an independent evaluation by the University of Auckland.

Fonterra is teaming up with New Zealand rugby team captain Richie McCaw as an ambassador to help build pride among New Zealanders for the dairy co-operative.

Northland community leaders gathered at Manaia View School in Whangarei yesterday to celebrate the first day of the Fonterra Milk for Schools programme.

More than 10,000 Northland students will enjoy a daily drink of milk from March 19 as Fonterra Milk for Schools rolls into town.

A daily dose of dairy nutrition will be in the timetable for students at Northland's Kaiwaka Primary School from next month as the school becomes one of the first to take part in Fonterra Milk for Schools.