Concordia Health

07/05/2026

When will they learn? Fluoride is not the answer to dental health. The weakened, discoloured teeth and bones is a consequence of drinking fluoride in water. Fluoride makes calcium- rich tissues in the body HARD. Hard tissues crack, break, chip and lose their flexibility. Make this an election issue by asking candidates what their stance on fluoridation is. The government has spent thousands of tax payer funds on building fluoridation infrastructure that is not needed. It’s an easy shut down when people say NO Fluoridation.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐚̄𝐧𝐞: 𝐀 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 💔

In 2016, Whakatāne District Council made a 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 — they voted to 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and instead pledged to invest in a 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 based on the world-renowned 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐒𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄 initiative.

✅ 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, which does 𝐧𝐨𝐭 fluoridate its water, 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 for children’s tooth decay 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 and saved £𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 through CHILDSMILE.

🚨 But then came the 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐩-𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐩.
Whakatāne Council 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, bowing to pressure from the DHB and pro-fluoride lobby groups. Cr Gerard Van Beek reversed his vote from the 28th of January to 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 fluoridation... to 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 it.
Despite acknowledging that 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐱 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐲 and that 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞, he voted to continue adding a 𝐭𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 to the water supply instead of backing a 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲-𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞.
Why?

🦷 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓?

• A 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 focused on children’s health
• 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 for a science-backed programme
• A shift toward 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, and 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒
• 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚 – BOP DHB still refuses to release 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚

💡 𝑭𝒍𝒖𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓.
The evidence is clear — 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐲𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞 make a far 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 than chemicals in our water ever will.
We stand with all Kiwis calling for 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 — not 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

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20/01/2026

Step into Hannah Truly’s miniature world in Cuba Street Wellington reopens 10am to 5pm - last day Saturday 25 January. Selling fast. ❄️🪡❄️

19/01/2026

SUGAR - that’s what damages teeth and bones!

🍭 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐲? 🦷
The real causes of tooth decay are 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞, not a lack of fluoride. 🛑

While New Zealand continues to 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, it doesn’t tackle the main issue: 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 and the 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬. 🏥

Take a page from 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝’𝐬 book! Their 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 program promotes 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐬 and educates children on 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐲𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞, leading to 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 in dental health - without fluoride in the water.

It’s time for a 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞.
Let’s focus on 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 that target the 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 of tooth decay: 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐬, 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞.

💬 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘? Share your thoughts below!
🔄 Share this post and spread the word that 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 are the key to healthier smiles - not fluoride.

04/01/2026

🚨 𝐅𝐥𝐮𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐯𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭’𝐬 “𝐈 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞” 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 🚨

As more studies reveal 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬, the public’s concerns are growing.
But what does our government have to say?
𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆. 😤

Instead of addressing the mounting evidence, the 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 continues to push fluoridation, proudly portraying their “𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐭-𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐤𝐭𝐚𝐭”:
"We don’t care what the peasants think. 𝐀𝐃𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐋𝐔𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐄 – Because 𝐖𝐄 say so!"

The question is:
Why is the government ignoring the 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐊𝐢𝐰𝐢𝐬?
With all the 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬, it’s time we demand a 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞. 🛑

💬 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑌𝑂𝑈 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘? Let us know in the comments!

🔄 Share this post to show that we won’t be ignored.
It’s time for 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬!

03/01/2026

🔍 𝗜𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆’𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲? 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗹𝘂𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿
Not all water is created equal when it comes to your baby’s health. Fluoride, commonly added to tap water, is a chemical that could harm your baby’s developing brain. Babies don’t need fluoride - it’s not an essential nutrient - and overexposure could cause 𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲.

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵o𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲:
✔️ Babies consume a large amount of water relative to their body weight, increasing their fluoride exposure.
✔️ Early exposure to fluoride has been linked to cognitive risks in peer-reviewed studies.

𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲-𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.

03/01/2026

🚰 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐙𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐥𝐮𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫? 🤔
With a 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 already out there, why are we still 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 into our water supply? 🤷‍♂️

It’s time to 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 the practice of water fluoridation.
We know that access to 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 are the real keys to 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡.
So why continue with 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬 when we have 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞-𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬?

💬 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑌𝑂𝑈 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘? Comment below and let us know your thoughts on fluoride in our water.
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03/01/2026

Will you vote for a political party that continues to support fluoridation, even though fluoride does harm?

Will the the government hand decision making back to the adults harmed by fluoride?

Will Councils continue to drip toxic HFSA (fluoride) - an industrial waste product - into drinking water, potentially lowering the intelligence of the whole country?

🚰 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐙𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐥𝐮𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫? 🤔
With a 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 already out there, why are we still 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 into our water supply? 🤷‍♂️

It’s time to 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 the practice of water fluoridation.
We know that access to 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 are the real keys to 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡.
So why continue with 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬 when we have 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞-𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬?

💬 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑌𝑂𝑈 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘? Comment below and let us know your thoughts on fluoride in our water.
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20/11/2025

Helen Charters passed out of the earthly dimension on Tuesday 18 November - held by dance circles around Aotearoa New Zealand who joined together to support Helen as she crossed the green sparkling snake to the other side of the river. We will miss you so much Helen 🥰🦋🐍

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19/11/2025

Tauranga councillors flip flopping on fluoridation. Do they ask the government to stop fluoridation, given the research coming out, or do they continue to put this chemical in the water and face opposition from their rate payers who don’t want their rates spent on fluoridation, when educating children to look after their teeth is a better way to encourage lifelong dental health.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐚̄𝐧𝐞: 𝐀 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 💔

In 2016, Whakatāne District Council made a 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 — they voted to 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and instead pledged to invest in a 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 based on the world-renowned 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐒𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄 initiative.

✅ 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, which does 𝐧𝐨𝐭 fluoridate its water, 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 for children’s tooth decay 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 and saved £𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 through CHILDSMILE.

🚨 But then came the 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐩-𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐩.
Whakatāne Council 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, bowing to pressure from the DHB and pro-fluoride lobby groups. Cr Gerard Van Beek reversed his vote from the 28th of January to 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 fluoridation... to 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 it.
Despite acknowledging that 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐱 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐲 and that 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞, he voted to continue adding a 𝐭𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 to the water supply instead of backing a 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲-𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞.
Why?

🦷 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓?

• A 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 focused on children’s health
• 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 for a science-backed programme
• A shift toward 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, and 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒
• 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚 – BOP DHB still refuses to release 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚

💡 𝑭𝒍𝒖𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓.
The evidence is clear — 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐲𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞 make a far 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 than chemicals in our water ever will.
We stand with all Kiwis calling for 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 — not 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

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18/11/2025

Please let parents know that bottle fed babies should have fluoride free water to protect their brain health.

💡 𝗙𝗹𝘂𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲-𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆’𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻

Your baby’s brain is developing at an incredible rate, and what they consume during these early months matters more than ever.
Fluoride, commonly found in tap water, poses unnecessary risks to your little one’s development.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆?
✔️ Use fluoride-free bottled or filtered water for mixing formula.
✔️ Educate yourself about fluoride levels in your local water supply.
✔️ Advocate for safer water practices in your community.

𝙏𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣’𝙨 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚. 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚-𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙮’𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚.

📢 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 - 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄.

14/11/2025

The Dutch doctors noticed an increase in brain tumours in 1950s when The Netherlands briefly added fluoride to the water. Could that be the reason?

It does get into the Pineal Gland and this causes an enlargement of this gland which blocks the flow of cerebrospinal fluid causing hydrocephalus.

I know this for sure as it happened to me. I was 5 months old when mum gave me fluorine tablets on advice from her doctor. I was a rural baby. Five decades later the pineal tumour showed up on MRI scan. I avoid all fluoride - in water, toothpaste, mouthwash and black tea.

Check your accumulated fluoride in blood test through Canterbury Health Laboratories. Your doctor can organise this or you can call them directly.

It’s time the scientific doctors did the science!

🌍 𝙁𝙡𝙪𝙤𝗿𝗶𝙙𝙚-𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨: 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘿𝙤 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙒𝙚 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝙩? 🚫💧

If fluoride is so 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹, why have these developed countries 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 to fluoridate their water?
These nations have either banned, rejected, or discontinued fluoridation based on scientific concerns, ethical issues, and public opposition. Instead, they focus on better oral health policies, fluoride toothpaste, and improved dental care.

🚨 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲, 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗭𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 - 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁. 🚨

❌ 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗼 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗙𝗹𝘂𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿:

Austria – Never fluoridated, sees no need.

Belgium – No fluoridation. Prefers fluoride in toothpaste.

Denmark – Declined fluoridation due to ethical concerns.

Finland – Stopped fluoridation and focused on dental care.

France – No fluoridation, advises fluoride via other means.

Germany – Rejected fluoridation, calling it "compulsory medication."

Greece – Never adopted fluoridation.

Iceland – Never adopted fluoridation.

Italy – No fluoridation, no proven need.

Luxembourg – Stopped fluoridation and promoted alternative fluoride use.

Netherlands – The Court ruled fluoridation unauthorized in 1973.

Norway – No fluoridation, advises fluoride through diet and toothpaste.

Sweden – Banned fluoridation in 1971, citing ethical concerns.

Switzerland – Stopped fluoridation in 2003.

Israel – Ended mandatory fluoridation in 2014.

💡 𝟵𝟴% 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿.
𝙒𝙝𝙮? Because they follow the science, and the science has changed.

🚫 If these developed nations have 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 it, why are we still being told it’s essential?

📢 It’s time to demand a choice. Share this post if you believe in the right to control what goes into your body!