The New Zealand Court of Appeal has delivered a crushing blow to public health advocacy, ruling that NZDSOS and Fluoride Action Network (NZ) do not represent the public interest in challenging mass water fluoridation without informed consent.
In a decision that should alarm every New Zealander, three judges dismissed our appeal against Crown costs, declaring that our fight to protect children from neurotoxic fluoride represents only “special private interests” rather than the public good.
This ruling sets a concerning precedent: defending fundamental rights is no longer considered to be in the public interest.
The court went further, with a judge and lawyer in a parallel fluoride challenge commenting that upholding the Bill of Rights Act is tedious for government officials. Let that sink in – your constitutional rights are considered an inconvenience by those sworn to protect them.
The Science They Ignore
While New Zealand courts dismiss our concerns as “private interests,” international evidence continues mounting:
- Ten consecutive NIH-funded studies have found adverse effects of fluoride on children’s developing brains
- A recent US Government-funded study found children were twice as likely to suffer anxiety, depression, and ADHD-like symptoms if their mothers were exposed to fluoridated water during pregnancy
- The US District Court ruled in September 2024 that fluoride neurotoxicity risks at 0.7 ppm are unjustified – a level lower than New Zealand’s recommended 0.85 ppm.
New Zealand has one of the highest rates of anxiety disorders among OECD countries. How much of our children’s suffering stems from this outdated, unscientific practice that most of the world has rightly rejected?
Numerous studies prove brain damage from fluoride. Despite proof of harm, the government carries on.
Judgement Appeal Court re Costs Jul 2025 Download
The courts have acknowledged that fluoridation constitutes mass medication and triggers Bill of Rights protections. Yet they ruled there’s no public interest in challenging this forced medical intervention.
This is the same logic that justified Covid vaccine mandates – the state knows best, individual rights don’t matter, and anyone who questions medical authoritarianism represents only “private interests”.
The Pattern is Clear
The fluoride fight and Covid response share the same playbook:
- Ignore mounting scientific evidence of harm
- Dismiss legitimate concerns as “misinformation”
- Label defenders of rights as representing only “private interests”
- Declare constitutional protections tiresome
If we can secure a strong legal declaration stopping mass medication without consent, the entire Covid jab house of cards collapses. They know this – we posit that’s why they’re fighting so desperately to retain water fluoridation.
We Will Not Stop
Despite this setback, NZDSOS remains committed to defending children’s health and exposing the networks of institutional capture that prioritise ideology over evidence.
The courts may consider our fight a “private interest”, but we know better. Protecting children from neurotoxins is the ultimate public interest.
The same judges who call Bill of Rights protections tedious would presumably not allow their own children to be forcibly medicated. Yet they overlook the medication in the water and demand we accept it.
This fight is far from over. Truth has a way of surfacing, even when courts try to bury it.
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This article was originally published by the New Zealand Doctors Speaking out with Science.
