Tararua Fluoride Free
Fluoridation started in Dannevirke on 1 October 2024
How to become involved:
- Sign up to receive Fluoride Free NZ Posts – see Subscribe via email on the right side of this page.
- Join the Fluoride Free Tararua Facebook Group
- Join the Fluoride Free Tararua Telegram Group
- Sign the Petition.
Letter Tararua Council to MoH 22 April 2024 – requesting extension due to legal uncertainities.
MoH Update on directions for community water fluoridation 17 November 2023 – advising councils to ignore High Court Ruling that directives were unlawful.
MoH Directive to Tararua Council 27 July 2022 – ordering council to start fluoridation of Dannevirke by 30 June 2024.
In the Media
5 May 2024 Fluoride debate: Group petitions Tararua District council to stop fluoridation
4 April 2024 Hawke’s Bay Today Dannevirke ratepayers plead with council over fluoridation.
6 March 2024 New Zealand Herald Dannevirke to get fluoride in water as plans go ahead for town plant.
Frequently Asked Questions
Dannevirke only as at 26 February 2025
Hydrofluorosilicic acid (HFA)
Between 0.7 and 1.0 mg/L as recommended by the Ministry of Health.
Around $15K per year.
The cost of implementing fluoridation in 2024 was $562,171 which was paid by the Ministry of Health.