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
  • Ashhurst
1962 or 1966
1966

Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties. As at April 2022, Council is waiting for equipment supplies that they expect to arrive in next six months.

1967 2019
  • Bluff (stopped in the 1980s but connected to Invercargill water some time later – is now fluoridated)
1963 1980s
2014
  • Burnham Military Camp (only place in Canterbury, except Methven)
2014
1967
1966
1969 1984

Council plans to recommence when water treatment plant upgrades for the Eastbourne and Frimley bore supplies have been completed. Estimated to be the end of 2021 but still not fluoridated as at August 2022.

?? 2016
1965
1966

Council plans to recommence when water treatment plant upgrades for the Eastbourne and Frimley bore supplies have been completed. Estimated to be the end of 2021 but still not fluoridated as at August 2022.

1953 2016

Council plans to recommence when water treatment plant upgrades for the Eastbourne and Frimley bore supplies have been completed. Estimated to be the end of 2021 but still not fluoridated as at August 2022..

?? 2016
1970
  • Hibiscus Coast (Orewa)
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
  • Kaitaia
1968 1986

Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties. Council is waiting for equipment supplies but still not fluoridated as at August 2022.

2011  2019
  • Linton
1959
  • Masterton
1974
  • Matamata
1971 1985
1970
1966

Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties. Council is waiting for equipment supplies but still not fluoridated as at August 2022.

2011  2019
  • Morrinsville
1971 1985
2017
1971 2011

Temporarily stopped in January 2016 due to technical difficulties. Restarted in March 2020.

1967
1966
1962
1971
1979
2014
 ??
  • Porirua Fluoridation was stopped due to technical difficulties in May 2021 but equipment replaced and fluoridation re-established in September 2022.
 1965
1979
1979 1979
  • Stratford
1973

Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties. Council is waiting for equipment supplies but still not fluoridated as at August 2022.

2011  2019
1964 2012
  • Tauranga
1963 1986
1965
  • Te KauwhataTemporarily stopped in January 2016 due to technical difficulties. Restarted in April 2021.
??
1974
1973      1985
1969
 ??
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
2014
1969
1965 1986
1979 2012
1966
2020
  • Wellington Fluoridation was stopped due to technical difficulties in May 2021 but equipment replaced and fluoridation re-established in September 2022.
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