Articles tagged with "hastings"

Hastings Water Fluoridation: A Tale told in Headlines

15 September 2025

Twelve years ago, back in 2013, I subscribed to the Fluoride Free New Zealand (back then known as Fluoride Action Network New Zealand) newsletter, to keep an eye on what the group was doing. I've been happy to see that recently my Gmail account has been treating these newsletters as spam, and I hope that many other people receiving this newsletter also having it going into their spam folders - as there's so much misinformation and fearmongering in the emails (along with regular begging for money), that it's best off being left unread.

Not all water in NZ is chlorinated

21 August 2016

After a recent second campylobacter issue in Havelock North, it turns out that the Hastings water supply is not treated with chlorine to kill bacteria.