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The New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science (PHF Science) logo, displaying a Stylised molecule with PRO name.

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). 

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