Is my town fluoridated?

• Ashburton

• Ashhurst

• Auckland City (except Onehunga and Huia Village)

• Balclutha

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.

• Bluff (stopped in the 1980s but connected to Invercargill water some time later – is now fluoridated)

• Buckland

• Burnham Military Camp (only place in Canterbury, except Methven)

• Clarks Beach

• Dunedin City

• Feilding

• Gore

• Flaxmere

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.

• Gisborne City

• Hamilton City

• 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.

• 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.

• Hawera

• Hibiscus Coast (Orewa)

• Hokitika

• Huntly

Temporarily stopped in January 2018 due to technical difficulties. Restarted in October 2020 but not up to MoH recommended levels until March 2021.

• Invercargill

• Kaitaia

• Kaitangata

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.

• Linton

• Lower Hutt (except Korokoro and Petone)

• Masterton

• Matamata

• Methven Township

• Manukau

• Milton

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.

• Morrinsville

• Mosgiel

• New Plymouth

• 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.

• Ngaruawahia

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

• North Shore City

• Palmerston North

• Papakura

• Paraparaumu

• Patamahoe

• Pokeno

• Porirua Fluoridation was stopped due to technical difficulties in May 2021 but equipment replaced and fluoridation re-established in September 2022.

• Pukekohe

• Rotorua

• Stratford

• Tapanui

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.

• Taumarunui

• Tauranga

• Taupo

• Te Kauwhata Temporarily stopped in January 2016 due to technical difficulties. Restarted in April 2021.

• Thames

• Timaru

• Tokoroa

• Tuakau

• Turangi

• Twizel

• Upper Hutt Fluoridation was stopped due to technical difficulties in May 2021 but equipment replaced and fluoridation re-established in September 2022.

• Waiau Pa

• Waikanae

• Waimairi County

• Waipukurau

• Waitakere

• Waverley

• Wellington Fluoridation was stopped due to technical difficulties in May 2021 but equipment replaced and fluoridation re-established in September 2022.

• Whakatane