Please note: As of 1 July 2025, the New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science (PHF Science) is the new name for the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR). Articles and information published before this date may reference the organisation's former name.
We are pleased to present ESR’s Statement of Corporate Intent for 2021-2026. Research-led science delivery for improved community health and wellbeing is at the heart of everything ESR does. Our aspiration is that ESR builds on its growing reputation to become one of the foremost renowned science institutions in the world.