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  • Expertise
    Pūkenga
    • Forensic science
      Tātari ā-Whare Whakawā
    • Water and environment services
      Ngā ratonga wai me te taiao
      • Groundwater science
        • Groundwater management
        • Groundwater modelling
        • On-site Wastewater Management Systems (OWMS)
        • Pesticides in groundwater
        • Nitrate in groundwater
        • Groundwater research bid
      • Biowaste science
        • Building a circular economy for biowaste
        • Using native ecosystems for biowaste management
      • Microplastics
        • Marine plastics
        • Microplastics research expeditions
        • Freshwater plastics
        • Microplastics research team
    • COVID-19 Response
      Urupare ki te KOWHEORI-19
      • COVID-19 research and services
        • Wastewater (FAQs)
      • COVID-19 insights
        • Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard
        • Wastewater Surveillance Report
        • Genomics Insights Report
      • Enhancing national surveillance
      • COVID-19 team
      • Privacy COVID
      • COVID-19 Biobank / Kohikohinga Taonga Kowheori
    • Public health
      Hauora tūmatanui
      • Health intelligence and disease surveillance
      • EpiSurv and notifiable diseases
      • ESR Clinical Data Repository (CDR) Support
    • Food & product services
      Ngā ratonga kai me ngā hua
    • International
      Ao Whānui
    • Social science
      Mātauranga pāpori
    • Genomics
      Ngā huingaira
      • Genomics Aotearoa Consortia
    • Forensic science

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

    • Water and environment services

      Learn about our water quality and environmental science work.

    • COVID-19 Response

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

    • Public health

      Find out about our work in preventing and reducing disease.

    • Food & product services

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

    • International

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

    • Social science

    • Genomics

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

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

    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.

  • Services
    Ratonga
    • Testing
      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
        • Hemp Test Submission
        • Collecting and Sending cultivars
        • Hemp Payments and Prices
        • Terms and Conditions
      • Legionella sampling and testing
      • Natural health product testing
      • Pharmaceutical testing
      • Product screening
      • Environmental radioactivity
      • Water quality testing
        • Specialist Testing
      • Workplace drug testing
      • Methamphetamine contamination - testing of products and screening technologies
    • Consultancy
      Te kōrerorero tahi
      • ESR SmartSite
      • Bloodstain pattern analysis training
        • Basic level BPA training
        • Advanced level BPA training
        • The fluid dynamics of bloodstain pattern formation
      • Climate change, sustainability and environmental health
      • Food investigations
      • Forensic R&D
      • Forensic training and consultancy
        • Forensic Assist website
      • Genomics and next generation sequencing
      • Epidemiological skills development programme
      • Pacific consultancy
      • Pharmaceutical, natural health product and cosmetic regulatory services
      • Public health surveillance
      • Radiation safety training and consultancy
      • Water quality and sanitation
        • Identifying the source of faecal contamination
        • Register of Recognised Laboratories for New Zealand
        • Ministry of Health Reports
        • Selection, operation and maintenance of individual household water supplies
        • Drinking water and lead
          • Frequently asked questions about lead in drinking water
      • Primary Prevention in Public and Environmental Health (P3EH)
      • Social Systems
        • The Lab
        • Featured stories
        • Current projects
        • Past projects
    • Products and tools
      Ngā hua me ngā utauta
      • Meth Calculator
        • About clandestine laboratories and the manufacture of meth
      • NZRM Culture Collection
        • Conditions of sale and supply of NZRM micro-organisms
        • About the NZRM Culture Collection
      • STRmix™
        • FaSTR™ DNA
      • Lumi™ Drug Scan
    • Testing
      • 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
    • Consultancy
      • ESR SmartSite
      • Bloodstain pattern analysis training
      • Climate change, sustainability and environmental health
      • Food investigations
      • Forensic R&D
      • Forensic training and consultancy
      • Genomics and next generation sequencing
      • Epidemiological skills development programme
      • Pacific consultancy
      • Pharmaceutical, natural health product and cosmetic regulatory services
      • Public health surveillance
      • Radiation safety training and consultancy
      • Water quality and sanitation
      • Primary Prevention in Public and Environmental Health (P3EH)
      • Social Systems
    • Products and tools
      • Meth Calculator
      • NZRM Culture Collection
      • STRmix™
      • Lumi™ Drug Scan
  • Research and Intelligence
    Rangahau
    • Ngā Kete Intelligence Hub
      • Infectious disease intelligence
        • About public health surveillance
          • Background and methods on EARS
        • Overview of notifiable diseases
        • Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) surveillance
          • Syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhoea surveillance in New Zealand
        • Influenza and other viral respiratory surveillance
          • About our influenza and other acute respiratory illness surveillance systems
          • Previous Intelligence and Dashboards
          • Respiratory surveillance sentinel practice information
        • Tuberculosis
        • Measles
        • Meningococcal disease
        • Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD)
        • Pertussis
        • Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
        • Enteric Reference Testing
          • Human salmonella isolates
          • Non-human salmonella isolates
          • Shigella isolates
          • STEC/VTEC isolates
          • Yersinia isolates
            • Unravelling the Mysteries of Yersiniosis
          • Vibrio isolates
      • Product health risk assessment reports
      • Environmental health reports
      • Related health and environment websites
      • Archive
      • Ngā Kete login
    • Research case studies
      Ngā rangahau mātai take
      • Health risk assessment reports
      • Environmental health reports
      • On-site wastewater management systems and groundwater quality
      • Protecting our freshwaters from waterborne diseases
      • Tracking pollution sources in groundwater tracers
      • Managing the risk of emerging organic contaminants
      • Optimising the process for microplastic analysis
      • Providing public and environmental health support to the tourism industry in Tonga
      • Virus removal in wastewater
      • Water science learning resources
      • Facilitating service redesign
      • Measuring the effectiveness of whole-of-system response to prevent family violence
      • Combating antimicrobial resistance
      • About the DNA databank
      • Becoming a forensic scientist
      • Forensic NZ documentary series
      • Forensic awareness training
      • Preserving Māori cultural assets
      • Te Mate Huka - Diabetes study
      • Safe New Zealand Seafood programme
      • Investigating the causes of diarrhoeal illness
      • Improving understanding of food safety risks associated with mahinga kai
      • New Zealand Total Diet Study
      • Evolution of an epidemic
      • Genomics Aotearoa
      • ESR’s Virus Hunters
      • Drugs in wastewater
      • WASH in schools
      • Making services reachable
      • New Zealand Customs ESR Screening Laboratory
      • Next generation DNA
      • Border to Grave
      • Evidence based policing
      • Swimming and drinking water resources created by ESR Māori scientist and Mahia tamariki
      • Raising Pasifika student achievement in science
      • The role of natural coral sand in water quality
      • The evolution of synthetic cannabinoids
      • Heating up what lies beneath
      • Understanding the Groundwater Ecosystem
      • Up in steam: ESR scientists reveal what's really in vape liquid
      • Uncovering hidden water systems
      • Innovative techniques for removing nitrate from groundwater
      • The Source Attribution of Campylobacteriosis in New Zealand Study (SACNZS)
    • Research Projects and Initiatives
      Ngā Kaupapa Rangahau
      • Te Niwha: Infectious Diseases Research Platform
        • Te Niwha supports tertiary students in an impactful summer
        • Mobile COVID-19 vaccinations yield results by summer studentship
      • Aotearoa Impacts and Mitigation of Microplastics (AIM²)
      • SHIVERS influenza (flu) and respiratory virus research
        • SHIVERS 2012-2017 study findings
        • Science New Zealand National Awards - 2018 ESR SHIVERS team award
        • Shorland Medal 2019- SHIVERS team award
      • SHIVERS-II (WellKiwis Adult) study
        • SHIVERS-II study newsletter and media release
        • SHIVERS-II study reports
        • SHIVERS-II study documents
        • Meet the SHIVERS-II team
        • Locations of Wellington SCL laboratories for blood collection
        • SHIVERS-II contacts for study-related matters
      • SHIVERS-III & IV (WellKiwis Infant & Household) study
        • Meet the team
          • Sue Huang
          • Karen Daniells
          • Hannah Schrader
          • Rebekah Gray
        • WellKiwis in the media
      • SHIVERS-V study
        • SHIVERS-V reports
          • Laboratory-based Virology Weekly Report
          • Acute Respiratory Illness Surveillance Among Returnees
          • Sentinel General Practice-based Acute Respiratory Illness Surveillance
      • Groundwater Science and Research Alliance Aotearoa
      • Listeriosis in New Zealand
      • NECD
    • Published research
      Ngā rangahau kua whakaputaina
    • Ngā Kete Intelligence Hub

      Ngā Kete is a collection of public and secured data and analytic resources, from ESR's various science disciplines.

    • Research case studies

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

    • Research Projects and Initiatives

      Some of our current research projects

    • Published research

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

  • People
    Tāngata
    • Our senior leaders
      Ō mātau kaihautū matua
      • Peter Lennox - Chief Executive
      • Trish Bolger
      • John Bone
      • Dr Brett Cowan
      • Natalie Lombe
      • Jymal Morgan
      • Wim Nijhof
      • Mark Ottaway
      • Dr Jill Vintiner
    • Our science team
      Tō mātau rōpū pūtaiao
      • Angela Cornelius
      • Ahmed Al-Salim
      • Allanah Kenny
      • Amy Bradshaw
      • Andrew Pearson
      • Angus Newton
      • Annette Bolton
      • Audrey Tiong
      • Brent Gilpin
      • Callum Thirkell
      • Craig Billington
      • Cris Ardouin
      • Donia Macartney-Coxson
      • Helen Morris
      • Helena Rattray-Te Mana
      • Hugo Strydom
      • Jackie Wright
      • Joanne Hewitt
      • Joanne Kingsbury
      • Joep de Ligt
      • Katrina Betty
      • Kelly Broerse
      • Kristin Dyet
      • Liping Pang
      • Louise Weaver
      • Lucia Rivas
      • Mat Walton
      • Maria Hepi
      • Maria Jesus Gutierrez Gines
      • Marilen Espinoza
      • Megan Devane
      • Murray Close
      • Naveena Karki
      • Olga Pantos
      • Peter Cressey
      • Phil Abraham
      • Ross Tompkins
      • Samantha Coward
      • Sarah Nelson
      • Sudesh Sharma
      • Suzanne Manning
      • Theo Sarris
      • Tineke Jennings
      • Virginia Hope
      • Virginia Baker
    • Women in science
      • Catherine McGovern
      • Charlotte Gilkison
      • Chrissy Black
      • Georgia Bell
      • Heidi Baker
      • Jacqui Ralston
      • Janet Stacey
      • Jo Chapman
      • Kristin Bohm
      • Lauren Jelley
      • Mary Jane McCarthy
      • SallyAnn Harbison
      • Sarah Bakker
      • Steph Opperman
      • Wendy Popplewell
    • Our Board of Directors
      Te Poari Tumuaki
      • Sir Ashley Bloomfield KNZM
      • Justine Gilliland
      • Dr Matt Glenn
      • Dr Melissa McLeod
      • Kate Thomson
    • Our senior leaders

      Find out more about ESR's senior leaders.

    • 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.

    • 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.

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