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New Zealand First has introduced a Members bill that seeks to repeal the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Act 2021, and mandate local authorities to hold a binding referendum on water fluoridation. “This Bill reinstates the fundamental right for communities to determine through democracy whether or not their water supply is fluoridated” New Zealand […]

A Rotorua councillor is trying his luck with the new health minister in a bid to halt directives to fluoridate water supplies. Minister of Health Simeon Brown has confirmed the Government’s stance remains the same, in that fluoridation is a “safe, effective and affordable measure for improving oral health”. Rotorua Lakes Council’s Infrastructure and Environment Committee meeting this […]

Whang?rei’s rebellion against fluoridation has been met by a warning from the country’s health lead, saying it has the means to fluoridate drinking water. Director-General of Health Dr Diana Sarfati wrote in a letter to Whang?rei Mayor Vince Cocurullo and Whang?rei District Council chief executive Simon Weston that contravening the direction to fluoridate was an […]

American lawyer Michael Connett has been booked to speak in Cambridge early next month. Connett has been a prominent figure in a legal crusade against fluoride in drinking water in the US, and he will add firepower to Fluoride Free NZ campaigner Kane Titchener’s push to stop Waip? District Council adding fluoride to Cambridge’s supply. […]

A treatment plant supplying drinking water for about one-fifth of the Wellington region has been switched off following the discovery of a technical issue. A spokesperson for Wellington Water said there is minimal risk to supply, as the Te M?rua and Waterloo Water treatment plants will continue to supply the regional network. The issue, discovered […]

Tauranga residents will not have access to a public supply of non-fluoridated water for at least another few months, but a fluoride-free advocate says the move would now be a waste of time. The city’s water has been fluoridated since 24 October this year following an order from the director general of health. If Tauranga […]

Whang?rei District Council has today stepped up its fight against fluoridating its drinking water with the threat of a High Court injunction. This move strengthens its position as the only council in New Zealand to strongly resist a 2022 Director-General of Health order to fluoridate its drinking water. Councillor Gavin Benney said today his council […]

The direction to fluoridate the Oamaru drinking water supply has been reconfirmed by the director-general of health. In a letter to the Waitaki District Council early last week, Dr Diana Sarfati confirmed that she had carried out the required court-directed assessment to consider, under the Bill of Rights, each of the directions she made in […]

Cambridge’s water will still be required to be fluoridated while Waip? District Council continues to stay out of the decision making process. The confirmation comes from the Director-General of Health that its original directive stands, as benefits of fluoridation outweighs the rights of individuals to refuse medical treatment. In July 2022, the Ministry of Health […]

Tauranga City Council (TCC) will meet today to tackle several big issues facing the city, including un-fluoridated water and the Civic Whare, Exhibition and Museum project. Local councils around the country have had a tough time of late – with Wellington City Council appointing a crown observer and Auckland City Council facing almost 100 days […]