Is my town fluoridated?

Is my town fluoridated?

The following is a list of all towns and cities in New Zealand that are, or have been, fluoridated. If your town is not on the list, then it has never been fluoridated. See also fluoridation status by council and what are they fluoridating with?

Note: In July 2022 the Director General of Health send the following councils an order to start fluoridation: Auckland (to fluoridate Onehunga), Hastings, Horowhenua, Kawerau, Nelson, New Plymouth, Rotorua Lakes, Tararua, Tauranga City, Waipa (for Cambridge), Waitaki, Western Bay of Plenty, Far North (for Kerikeri and Kaitaia) and Whangārei. Councils will have between six months and over three years, depending on the circumstances, to fluoridate parts of their water supply that were not already fluoridated. See our Legislation page for more information on this.

Town	Started	Stopped
Ashburton	1966	2002
Ashhurst	1962 or 1966
Auckland City (except Onehunga and Huia Village)	1966
Balclutha Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties.	1967	2019
Balclutha Restarted 23 February 2024	2024
Bluff (stopped in the 1980s but connected to Invercargill water some time later – is now fluoridated)	1963	1980s
Buckland	2014
Burnham Military Camp (only place in Canterbury, except Methven)	?
Clarks Beach	2014
Dunedin City	1967
Feilding	1966
Gore	1969	1984
Flaxmere Fluoridation was stopped in 2016 due to an e-coli outbreak as the fluoride injectors were needed for delivering chlorine instead. As at 30th August 2023 it has not been restarted but work is ongoing so it is expected to be restarted at some stage.	??	2016
Gisborne City	1965
Hamilton City	1966
Hastings City Fluoridation was stopped in 2016 due to an e-coli outbreak as the fluoride injectors were needed for delivering chlorine instead. As at 30th August 2023 it has not been restarted but work is ongoing so it is expected to be restarted at some stage.	1953	2016
Havelock North Fluoridation was stopped in 2016 due to an e-coli outbreak as the fluoride injectors were needed for delivering chlorine instead. As at August 2023, it has not been restarted but work is ongoing so it is expected to be restarted at some stage.	??	2016
Hawera	1970
Hibiscus Coast (Orewa)
Hokitika	1975	1975
Huntly Temporarily stopped in January 2018 due to technical difficulties. Restarted in October 2020 but not up to MoH recommended levels until March 2021.	1966
Invercargill	1963
Kaitaia	1968	1986
Kaitangata Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties.	2011	2019
Kaitangata Restarted 23 February 2024.	2024
Linton	?
Lower Hutt (except Korokoro and Petone)	1959
Masterton	1974
Matamata	1971	1985
Methven Township	1970
Manukau	1966
Milton Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties.	2011	2019
Milton Restarted 23 Feb 2024.	2024
Morrinsville	1971	1985
Mosgiel	2017
New Plymouth	1971	2011
New Plymouth New Plymouth District Council restarted fluoridation on the 31st of July 2023 after a Directive from the Director General of Health ordered them to do so. They could have sought an Interim Injunction pending a new New Health New Zealand Judicial Review but chose not to.	2023
Ngaruawahia Temporarily stopped in January 2016 due to technical difficulties. Restarted in March 2020.	1967
North Shore City	1966
Palmerston North Massey, Longburn and Bunnythorpe are not fluoridated.	1962
Papakura	1971
Paraparaumu	1979
Patamahoe	2014
Pokeno	??
Porirua Fluoridation was stopped due to technical difficulties in May 2021 but equipment replaced and fluoridation re-established in September 2022.	1965
Pukekohe	1979
Rotorua	1979	1979
Stratford	1973
Tapanui Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties.	2011	2019
Tapanui Restarted 23 Feb 2024	2024
Taumarunui	1964	2012
Tauranga	1963	1986
Taupo	1965
Te Kauwhata Temporarily stopped in January 2016 due to technical difficulties. Restarted in April 2021.	??
Thames	1974
Timaru	1973	1985
Tokoroa	1969
Tuakau	??
Turangi	1968
Twizel	1971	1984
Upper Hutt Fluoridation was stopped due to technical difficulties in May 2021 but equipment replaced and fluoridation re-established in September 2022.	1965
Waiau Pa	2014
Waikanae	1969
Waimairi County	1965	1986
Waipukurau	1979	2012
Waitakere	1966
Waverley	2020
Wellington Fluoridation was stopped due to technical difficulties in May 2021 but equipment replaced and fluoridation re-established in September 2022.	1965
Whakatane	1969

NZ Army Camps fluoridated:

Burnham Army Camp, Christchurch
Linton Army Camp, Palmerston North, Manawatu
Trentham Military Camp, Upper Hutt, Wellington
Papakura Military Camp, Auckland

All camps except Waiouru are fluoridated.

RNZAF Airbases fluoridated:

Woodbourne, Blenheim
Whenuapai, Auckland

NZ Prisons fluoridated: (No alternative is provided to inmates)

Auckland Prison
Mt Eden Corrections Facility
Auckland Region Women’s Correction Facility
Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison
Remutaka Prison
Arohata Prison
Otago Corrections Facility
Milton Prison
Invercargill Prison

After doing a lot of research due to feeling ill and wanting to live a cleaner lifestyle. I was disgusted to learn fluoride which has been promoted for heathly teeth is a well known toxin. And this toxin is been put in our water.

It doesn’t matter if the dose in our water is low. It is a poison!
No level of poison is safe. So while I can buy a distiller to help minimize the effects of fluoride i’m drinking ( and yes i feel better, since doing this)

We are not just putting this poison in our mouths, and in our childrens mouths. We are drinking it, we are bathing in it, we wash our food in it and we don’t have a choice, this is appauling.

It’s known to damage the thyroid. It’s known to damage bones.
Its known to cause stomach problems. It’s known to increase the risk of cancer.
Floride is a key componant in rat poison and some insecticides.

This needs to stop. If individuals want flouride for their teeth, it can be their choice. But don’t poison the rest of NZ with this toxic chemical.

If trends are anything to go by, you will notice an influx in kiwis looking for more natural products including a fluoride free toothpaste. So why would we want this in our water which we use for so much. Please stop poisoning us.

Claire Newell, Auckland