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Councillor Gavin Benney will be proposing at the 28 November 2024 council meeting for the council to reject the Director-General of Health’s (Dr Diana Sarfati) directive to fluoridate Whangarei.
Cr Benney is calling on his fellow councillors to do the right thing and refuse to add a neurotoxin to the public drinking water.
In his Notice of Motion, Cr Benney outlines the harms associated with fluoridation, the Court ruling by the Federal Court in the US that “fluoridation poses an unreasonable risk to human health” and the fact that all new evidence is finding fluoridation has very little or possibly no benefit at all.
The Whangarei District Council are one of 14 councils that have been ordered to add fluoridation chemicals to their drinking water, despite the lack of evidence of benefit or safety, or potentially face severe fines – $200,000 plus $10,000 per day they continue to not fluoridate.
However, as stated by Justice Radich in the June 2024 High Court ruling, they do have the option of seeking an Interim Injunction until the New Health New Zealand (NHNZ) vs the Director-General of Health (DGoH) case is heard. NHNZ is challenging the legality of the directives. A Point of Clarification in November 2023 found the directives were unlawful because the DGoH had not completed a Bill of Rights analysis. However, the directives are still considered “valid”.
Recently, Tauranga City Council voted to start fluoridation under what appears to be incorrect legal advice. It appears they were told that even if they had an Interim Injunction, they could still be held liable, even personally liable, if the NHNZ failed. This is completely not true. Justice Radich would not have mentioned it if it was.
Cr Benney is calling on other councils to also reject the directives. It is hard to fathom how forcing councils to add an undisputed neurotoxin to their community’s water supply can be happening. Councillors must stand up to this tyranny as they have a legal obligation to do so under section 23 of the Health Act.

I do not consent to our water supply being fluoridated. There is not enough evidence to show the effectiveness of the fluoridation of water supplies for benefiting tooth decay. There is too much evidence showing how harmful this toxin is.
This is a great template for campaigning – kia ora!
Even the World Health Organisation has declared SODIUM Fluoride to be a hazardous neuro- toxin – it’s the waste-product from the aluminium smelter, and is said to affect the part of the brain which helps us to think for ourselves!
THERE ARE TOOTHPASTES AND TABLETS containing fluoride for people who want or “need” them.
There is fluoride in TEA.
It is ludicrous and totally unjust to mass-medicate an entire nation with such a dangerous product!