Fluoride

How did Wellington Water fail to fluoridate much of its water supply for months on end - and why didn't it tell anyone?

Wellington's water company has revealed it stopped adding fluoride to the water supply last year.

A bill on water fluoridation decisions has passed its second reading at Parliament - more than four years after it was first introduced.

A bill transferring control of water fluoridation from local councils to the Director General of Health is back before Parliament this week

The decision over fluoridation of the country's water supplies has been handed over to the Director-General of Health. Why is this issue so divisive that it's been taken out of the hands of councils? 

Children in the poorest regions still have worse teeth than the rest of the country - and there are warnings that more has to be done if real gains are to be made.

A majority of the judges in New Zealand's highest court have upheld the South Taranaki District Council's right to fluoridate water supplies in Patea and Waverley.

The National Party says having a government MP host an anti-fluoride panel at Parliament is hugely disappointing.

Children's oral health in his area has deteriorated following the removal of fluoride from its water, a dentist has told a select committee.

A group opposing the fluoridation of South Taranaki's water supply has been granted a hearing in the Supreme Court.

Water fluoridation is not a medical procedure and South Taranaki acted lawfully in fluoridating water in two towns, the Court of Appeal has found.

A decision on water fluoridation in Canterbury is shaping up as a major issue at at October's district health board elections.