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 sent the following councils an order to start fluoridation: Auckland (to fluoridate Onehunga and Waiuku), 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. 

So far they have all, except Waipa, started fluoridation despite push back from many of the councils. It is expected that Waipa will start this year.

See our Legislation page for more information on this.

Last updated 1 August 2026.

 Town Started Stopped
1966 2002
  • Ashhurst
 1962 or 1966
1966
  • Balclutha Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties.
 1967 2019
2024
  • 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
2024
1967
1966
1969 1984
  • Flaxmere Fluoridation was stopped in 2016 due to an e-coli outbreak as the fluoride injectors were needed for delivering chlorine instead.
 ?? 2016
2024
1965
1966
  • Hastings City Fluoridation was stopped in 2016 due to an e-coli outbreak as the fluoride injectors were needed for delivering chlorine instead.
 1954 2016
2024
  • Havelock North Fluoridation was stopped in 2016 due to an e-coli outbreak as the fluoride injectors were needed for delivering chlorine instead.
 ?? 2016
2024
1970
  • Hibiscus Coast (Orewa)
1975 1975
  • Huntly 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
  • Kaitaia
 2026
  • Kaitangata Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties.
 2011  2019
2024
2024
2024
  • Kerikeri
 2026
  • Linton
 ?
1959
  • Masterton
 1974
  • Matamata
 1971 1985
1970
1966
  • Milton Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties.
 2011 2019
  • Milton Restarted 23 Feb 2024.
 2024
  • Morrinsville
 1971 1985
2017
1971 2011
  • 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.
 2023
  • Ngaruawahia Temporarily stopped in January 2016 due to technical difficulties. Restarted in March 2020.
 1967
2024
1966
2024
2024
 1962
1971
1965
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
2025
  • Stratford
 1973
  • Tapanui Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties.
 2011  2019
2024
1964 2012
1963 1986
1990 1992
2024
1965
  • Te Kauwhata Temporarily 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
2025

NZ Army Camps fluoridated:

  • Burnham Army Camp, Christchurch
  • Linton Army Camp, Palmerston North, Manawatu
  • Trentham Military Camp, Upper Hutt, Wellington
  • Papakura Military Camp, Auckland

All camps except Waiouru are fluoridated.

RNZAF Airbases fluoridated:

  • 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
  • Remutaka Prison
  • Arohata Prison
  • Otago Corrections Facility
  • Milton Prison
  • Invercargill Prison

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