Horowhenua

Horowhenua is not fluoridated

As at May 2024, no area in Horowhenua is currently fluoridated. Nowhere in Horowhenua has ever been fluoridated. A local group is working to keep fluoridation out of Horowhenua.

NEW! Horowhenua Council pauses work on fluoridation – KC News 26 December 2023.

Horowhenua District Council correspondence regarding Mandatory Fluoridation

Letter Horowhenua Council to MoH 7 May 2024 – Requesting extension to start date due to legal uncertainties.

Letter MoH to Horowhenua Council 22 February 2024 – Update on Judicial Review of directions.

Letter MoH to Horowhenua Council 19 January 2024 – Confirmation directives still stood.

Letter Horowhenua Council to MoH 21 December 2023 – Requesting extension to start date due to legal uncertainties

Letter MOH to Horowwhenua Council 17 November 2023 – Update on directions.

Letter MoH to Horowhenua Council 28th March 2023 – Confirming agreement to extension of time to April 2024

Horowhenua Council media release 2 Dec 2022

Letter MoH to Horowhenua Council 3 Nov 2022 – advising directive likely for Foxton, Foxton Beach, Shannon and Tokomaru

MoH Directive to Horowhenua Council 27 July 2022 – ordering council to start fluoridation of Levin by July 2023

Letter from Horowhenua Council to MoH 1 July 2022 providing cost estimates

Horowhenua Council internal email discussing funding July 2022

Letter MoH to Horowhenua Council 3 May 2022 – Requesting cost estimates

Email Mid Central Health to Horowhenua Council March 2022

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