Candidate Responses in 2025 Local Body Elections Would you please advise with a simple yes or no – if you are elected, would you support pressuring the coalition Government to bring forward, and vote for, the Member’s Bill introduced by NZ First, which seeks to repeal the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Act 2021…
On Wednesday (4th June) the Court of Appeal heard the appeal by the Crown that a High Court Ruling made in November 2023, that decision makers had to consider the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act (BORA) before making a decision, should be overturned. The Crown argued that there should be no mandatory analysis of…
Whangarei District Council’s (WDC) application for an interim injunction seeking to delay the start of fluoridation until their substantive case has been heard later this year, has been declined. WDC has been ordered by the Director-General of Health to start fluoridation or face severe fines ($200K plus $10K every day thereafter). WDC’s application was partly…
On Wednesday 26 March 2025 the Rotorua Lakes District Council voted to start fluoridation despite, it seems, most councillors being opposed to it. They did this as they do not have any legal choice but to do so. The Director-General of Health has ordered the council to start fluoridation or face severe penalties – $200,000…
Professor Jonathan Broadbent, the author of a study looking at the association between water fluoridation and the IQ of children living in Dunedin in 1970s, published in 2015, and heavily relied upon by the Chief Science Advisor, the Director-General of Health and other health officials in New Zealand, was interviewed last week by Jim Mora on…
On Tuesday the High Court in Wellington heard Whangarei District Council’s (WDC) application seeking an interim injunction to allow the council to delay starting fluoridation until their substantive case is heard later in the year. Under an Amendment to the Health Act that came into force in 2021, the Director-General of Health (DGoH) ordered WDC…
The evidence that fluoride lowers IQ, even at levels used for fluoridation in New Zealand, keeps mounting. A new study from Bangladesh has found that fluoride in water at actually lower levels than used in New Zealand can harm children’s cognitive abilities. This was a gold standard study published in a prestigious US Government journal.…
Rotorua Lakes Council (RLC) have sent a letter to the Minister of Health, Mr Simeon Brown, asking for a withdrawal of the directive sent to them in November 2022 from the Director General of Health ordering them to fluoridate their water supply. The Council has outlined all the reasons why they disagree with the Directive, pointing out…
Michael gave this presentation in Wellington on Monday 10 February 2025. This was the last and best talk that Michael gave in New Zealand. This presentation was simultaneously livestreamed to multiple locations in the South Island. For those of you who were unable to attend any of the talks (or were unable hear the livestream),…
NZ Dental Association’s Robin Whyman interviewed on The Platform regarding New Zealand First’s fluoride referendum bill. Sean Plunket: We are joined now by phone by Robin Whyman and Robin is the policy advisor at the Dental Association. Welcome to the programme and thank you very much indeed for following us. Robin Whyman: Good morning, Sean.…
In the wake of Robert F Kennedy Jr being confirmed as Head of Health and Human Services in the USA and Dr Diana Sarfati resigning as Director-General of Health (DGoH) at the NZ Ministry of Health, Fluoride Free New Zealand calls for an immediate moratorium on fluoridation until a public inquiry looking at the latest…
Michael Connett, the renowned US lawyer who led and won a historic legal battle against water fluoridation, is coming to New Zealand in February. This landmark visit offers Kiwis the chance to hear first hand from a lawyer who took on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a case that will lead to the end of…
