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Newshub can reveal that every single council in New Zealand that fluoridates its drinking water is failing to do so at the proper level. A new report shows councils are only putting correct doses of fluoride in the water 50 percent of the time which means more than one million Kiwis are missing out on […]

Restoration of land at Tiwai Peninsula is set to begin after an agreement was reached between Murihiku Runaka and Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu and New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Ltd (NZAS) and Rio Tinto Aluminum Ltd. A detailed site investigation report commissioned by NZAS revealed last month that a range of contaminants of concern had […]

Queenstown’s council doesn’t have any plans to introduce fluoride to the district’s water supplies, but its Three Waters team is planning for it as part of any projects in the design phase. In July, former Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield directed 14 local authorities to fluoridate all or some of their water supplies under the […]

FAN NOTE: The real disaster here is Wellington ignoring the science and continuing to add a confirmed neurotoxin to its water. Residents in the Wellington Region once again have effective levels of fluoride in their water, after a damning report found it hadn’t been administered properly for six years. An independent inquiry was launched in […]

FAN NOTE: The best available evidence shows fluoride is not safe to add to water at the level used for fluoridation. Anti fluoride residents were at this week’s district council service delivery meeting to express their opposition. Photo: Benjamin Wilson. The Prime Minister’s chief science advisor has told Waip? District Council the amount of fluoride […]

FAN Note: A deeply irresponsible move by the Waipa District Council. A Council Committee has rejected a request from the Te Awamutu Community Board to add a health warning about fluoride to water rates notices. On August 9, the Te Awamutu Community Board passed a Notice of Motion seeking a warning be added to the […]

The High Court has thrown out a challenge attempting to stop water fluoridation in Wellington. The group New Health Ltd challenged the decision to reintroduce fluoride into the water supply, bringing a judicial review case against Wellington Water, Wellington City Council, and Hutt City Council. They asked the court for interim orders to stop fluoride […]

Contaminants found at the site include fluoride, PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon), aluminium, and heavy metals. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon A new assessment on the impact of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter shows a significant amount of contamination has been released into the environment, Southland Regional Council says. Environment Southland has released an assessment by […]

Wellington’s water fluoridation problems might finally be easing but now an anti-fluoride group is trying to turn off the tap again. New Health New Zealand has sued Wellington Water, Wellington City Council and Hutt City Council. Fluoride is added to water to help prevent tooth cavities, but New Health disputes its value, says it is potentially a health […]

Wellington’s tap water has been correctly fluoridated this week – but the water supplier isn’t celebrating just yet. Wellington Water’s new fluoride facilities, set up in shipping containers at Te Marua and Gear Island water treatment plants, are dosing the water supply while the operators check for consistency. The plants are still in a testing […]