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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
        • Enhanced mitigation of nitrate in groundwater
        • Groundwater research bid
      • Biowaste science
        • Building a circular economy for biowaste
        • Using native ecosystems for biowaste management
    • 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 Eclair 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
      • Influenza and Other Acute Respiratory Infection Surveillance and Research
        • Influenza and other acute respiratory illness surveillance
        • Previous Intelligence and Dashboards
      • 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
        • Notifiable Diseases Intelligence Dashboard
        • Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) surveillance (Dashboard)
          • Syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhoea surveillance in New Zealand
      • 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
      • Influenza and Other Acute Respiratory Infection Surveillance and Research
      • 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
    • 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
      • Unravelling the Mysteries of Yersiniosis
    • 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 collected 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 Me