• Tātari ā-Whare Whakawā / Forensic science

  Read about our forensic expertise and how we help keep communities safe.

• Ngā ratonga wai me te taiao / Water and environment services

  Learn about our water quality and environmental science work.

• Urupare ki te KOWHEORI-19 / COVID-19 Response

  Read out ESR's COVID-19 response across the public health spectrum

• Hauora tūmatanui / Public health

  Find out about our work in preventing and reducing disease.

• Ngā ratonga kai me ngā hua / Food & product services

  Read about ESR’s expertise in food, pharmaceuticals and other product testing.

• Ao Whānui / International

  Read about how our science expertise is utilised around the world.

• Mātauranga pāpori / Social science

  Learn how our social scientists are helping to solve complex problems.

• Ngā huingaira / Genomics

  ESR’s genomic science encompasses microbial, human, meta and forensic genomics, transcriptomics and epigen omics.

He Whakanōhanga Rangahau a Karauna te ESR e whakarato ana i ngā ratonga rangahau me ngā kaha pūtaiao puta noa i ngā peka pūtaiao maha.

ESR provides science services and research capability across a number of science disciplines.

• Whakamātautau / Testing
  • Ngā puka tono whakamātautau / Test request forms
  • COVID-19 diagnostic testing
  • Campylobacter typing
  • DNA profiling
  • Drug and alcohol testing
  • Environmental and food virology
  • Food testing
  • Forensic scene investigations
  • Health testing
  • Hemp Testing
  • Legionella sampling and testing
  • Natural health product testing
  • Pharmaceutical testing
  • Product screening
  • Environmental radioactivity
  • Water quality testing
  • Workplace drug testing
  • Methamphetamine contamination - testing of products and screening technologies
• Te kōrerorero tahi / Consultancy
  • ESR SmartSite
  • Biowaste solutions
  • Bloodstain pattern analysis training
  • Climate change, sustainability and environmental health
  • Flu surveillance and research
  • Food investigations
  • Forensic R&D
  • Forensic training and consultancy
  • Genomics and next generation sequencing
  • Groundwater science in New Zealand
  • Epidemiological skills development programme
  • Pacific consultancy
  • Pharmaceutical, natural health product and cosmetic regulatory services
  • Public health surveillance
  • Radiation training and consultancy
  • Water quality and sanitation
  • Faecal Source Tracking
  • Primary Prevention in Public and Environmental Health (P3EH)
  • Social Systems
• Ngā hua me ngā utauta / Products and tools
  • Meth Calculator
  • NZRM Culture Collection
  • STRmix™
  • Lumi™ Drug Scan

• Ngā rangahau kua whakaputaina / Published research

  Find references to the published work of ESR scientists across our science disciplines.

• Ngā rangahau mātai take / Research case studies

  Find out more about the work we do and the real-world impact it's having on New Zealand.

• Ngā Kaupapa Rangahau / Research Projects and Initiatives

  Some of our current research projects

• Research Hub

  Public and secured data and analytic resources, from ESR's various science disciplines.

Access data and gain insights from ESR's science at our Research Hub. The Hub includes a collection of powerful dashboards and tools demonstrating the value of our science in a range of areas important to New Zealand.

• Ō mātau kaihautū matua / Our senior leaders

  Find out more about ESR's senior leaders.

• Tō mātau rōpū pūtaiao / Our science team

  Meet ESR's expert scientists and researchers.

• Women in science

  Meet some of our leading women scientists and discover more about their careers.

• Te Poari Tumuaki / Our Board of Directors

  An introduction to ESR's Board of Directors.

Our people are the backbone of our organisation. Read about our leaders, scientists and our Board.