Is my town fluoridated? - fluoride free NZ

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?

Town	Started	Stopped
Ashburton	1966	2002
Ashhurst	1962 or 1966
Auckland City (except Onehunga and Huia Village)	1966
Balclutha Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties. As at February 2020 it is still off	1967
Bluff (stopped in the 1980s but connected to Invercargill water some time later – is now fluoridated)	1963	1980s
Buckland	2014
Burnham Military Camp (only place in Canterbury, except Methven)
Clarks Beach	2014
Dunedin City	1967
Feilding	1966
Gore	1969	1984
Flaxmere 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.	??	2016
Gisborne City	1965
Hamilton City	1966
Hastings City 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.	1953	2016
Havelock North 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.	??	2016
Hawera	1970
Hibiscus Coast (Orewa)
Hokitika	1975	1975
Huntly Temporarliy stopped in January 2018 due to technical difficulties. As at February 2020 it is still off.	1966
Invercargill	1963
Kaitaia	1968	1986
Kaitangata Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties. As at February 2020 fluoridation is still off.	2011	2019
Linton
Lower Hutt (except Korokoro and Petone)	1959
Masterton	1974
Matamata	1971	1985
Methven Township	1970
Manukau	1966
Milton Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties. As at February 2020 fluoridation is still off.	2011
Morrinsville	1971	1985
Mosgiel	2017
New Plymouth	1971	2011
Ngaruawahia Temporarliy stopped in January 2018 due to technical difficulties. As at February 2020 it is still off.	1967
North Shore City	1966
Palmerston North	1962
Papakura	1971
Paraparaumu	1979
Patamahoe	2014
Patea	2020
Porirua	1965
Pukekohe	1979
Rotorua	1979	1979
Stratford	1973
Tapanui Temporarily stopped in December 2019 due to technical difficulties. As at February 2020 fluoridation is still off.	2011	2019
Taumarunui	1964	2012
Tauranga	1963	1986
Taupo	1965
Thames	1974
Timaru	1973 1985
Tokoroa	1969
Turangi	1968
Twizel	1971	1984
Upper Hutt	1965
Waiau Pa	2014
Waikanae	1969
Waimairi County	1965	1986
Waipukurau	1979	2012
Waitakere	1966
Waverley	2020
Wellington	1965
Whakatane	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