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.
Town | Started | Stopped | |
1966 | 2002 | ||
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1962 or 1966 | ||
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1966 | ||
Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties. As at August 2023, it has not been restarted but work is ongoing so it is expected to be restarted at some stage. |
1967 | 2019 | |
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1963 | 1980s | |
2014 | |||
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2014 | |||
1967 | |||
1966 | |||
1969 | 1984 | ||
Fluoridation was stopped in 2016 due to an e-coli outbreak as the fluoride injectors were needed for delivering chlorine instead. Fluoridation re-started on the 30th June 2023. |
?? | 2016 | |
1965 | |||
1966 | |||
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 | |
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 | |
1970 | |||
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1975 | 1975 | ||
Temporarily stopped in January 2018 due to technical difficulties. Restarted in October 2020 but not up to MoH recommended levels until March 2021. |
1966 | ||
1963 | |||
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1968 | 1986 | |
Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties. As at August 2023, it has not been restarted but work is ongoing so it is expected to be restarted at some stage. |
2011 | 2019 | |
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? | ||
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1959 | ||
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1974 | ||
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1971 | 1985 | |
1970 | |||
1966 | |||
Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties. As at August 2023, it has not been restarted but work is ongoing so it is expected to be restarted at some stage. |
2011 | 2019 | |
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1971 | 1985 | |
2017 | |||
1971 | 2011 | ||
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 | ||
Temporarily stopped in January 2016 due to technical difficulties. Restarted in March 2020. |
1967 | ||
1966 | |||
1962 | |||
1971 | |||
1979 | |||
2014 | |||
?? | |||
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1965 | ||
1979 | |||
1979 | 1979 | ||
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1973 | ||
Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties. As at August 2023, it has not been restarted but work is ongoing so it is expected to be restarted at some stage. |
2011 | 2019 | |
1964 | 2012 | ||
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1963 | 1986 | |
1965 | |||
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?? | ||
1974 | |||
1973 | 1985 | ||
1969 | |||
?? | |||
1968 | |||
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1971 | 1984 | |
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1965 | ||
2014 | |||
1969 | |||
1965 | 1986 | ||
1979 | 2012 | ||
1966 | |||
2020 | |||
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1965 | ||
1969 |
NZ Army Camps:
- Burnham Army Camp, Christchurch
- Linton Army Camp, Palmerston North, Manawatu
- Trentham Military Camp, Upper Hutt, Wellington
- Waiouru Army Camp, Waiouru, Central North Island
- Papakura Military Camp, Auckland
All camps except Waiouru are fluoridated.
RNZAF Airbases:
- 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
- Rimutaka Prison
- Arohata Prison
- Otago Corrections Facility
- Invercargill Prison