ESR - Specialist Science Solutions ESR - Specialist Science Solutions

 Science underpinning Health, Justice
and Biosecurity in New Zealand

ESR-led research team wins international tender to hunt the flu virus

A group of world-leading scientists and flu researchers, led by ESR, has beaten out international competition to be awarded a five-year, multi-million dollar contract to study influenza in an effort to better understand the burden of the virus and how to prevent its spread around the world.

Funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services for the Influenza Division of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the SHIVERS (Southern Hemisphere Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Research and Surveillance) project will look at how the influenza virus and other respiratory pathogens spread through populations. Read more

ESR provides science advice and services to government agencies, local authorities and the private sector.

We are:

  • principal science advisor to the Ministry of Health
  • sole provider of forensic services to the New Zealand Police
  • science provider to the New Zealand Food Safety Authority, New Zealand Customs, Medsafe, Pharmac and Department of Corrections
  • a science partner of MAF Biosecurity
  • science advisor for local authorities, industry organisations, and the private sector


Core science programmes:

forensic science | environmental and public health

ESR, the Institute of Environmental Science and Research,  is a government owned New Zealand Crown Research Institute.  Our mission is to protect people and their environments through science - Manaaki tangata taiao hoki. 

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20 Years of forensic DNA analysis
Forensic DNA 
It is twenty years since DNA evidence was first presented in a New Zealand court. Read more in A brief history of forensic DNA 1990-2010
Latest News
Media Release 8 February 2012

New agreement will lead to wide-ranging collaboration

NRL Update: All NRL services are now operational.

National Radiation Laboratory Operations Update 

Media Release 13 December 2011

ESR to provide radiation science services following NRL acquisition

ESR Annual Report 2011

ESR Annual Report 2011 is now available

ESR to lead CDC Flu Study (SHIVERS)

New Zealand-led research team wins international tender to hunt the flu virus

ESR Statement of Corporate Intent

ESR's Statement of Corporate Intent 2011 - 2016 is now available.

ESR tests synthetic cannabis

ESR testing of synthetic cannabis has led to a nationwide recall of two products containing illegal prescripton medicines.