Flaxmere residents turned out for the final fluoridation public meetings last night to hear the Hawke's Bay District Health Board and Fluoride Free Hastings last word ahead of next month's referendum.
The double header was held at Age Concern in Flaxmere and was attended by 34 people.
DHB director of population health Dr Caroline McElnay continued the DHB theme of the choice that lay with the community on whether they wanted fluoridation in the Hastings water supply.
"It is a personal choice, and it is a choice as to whether someone's personal choice outweighs removing the benefits for the community and the loss of public good and oral health."
Former Flaxmere resident, and mother of four, Rodina Duncan said she hoped more time would have been spent at the meetings on how fluoridation affects the local Maori population.