This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'Statement of Core Purpose and Funding'.


 
 
 
15 August 2023 
 
By email: [FYI request #23763 email] 
 
Dear Anais 
 
Official Information Act Request 
 
On 9 August 2023 you sent a request for information under the Of icial Information Act 1982 
(Act) to ESR as follows: 
  Could you please provide access to the document establishing ESR's Statement of Core 
Purpose?  
 
Also, could you please detail the amount of funding you received in 2022, in addition to 

where funding was sourced (proportion of revenue that is public, private, etc)?  
 
Our response to your request
 
1.  Could you please provide access to the document establishing ESR's Statement of Core 
Purpose?  
Response 
The document establishing ESR's Statement of Core Purpose dated November 2010 
can be obtained from the New Zealand Parliament Website (link provided). 
https:/ www.parliament.nz/resource/0000140130 
 
2.  Also, could you please detail the amount of funding you received in 2022, in addition to 
where funding was sourced (proportion of revenue that is public, private, etc)?  
Response 
Please note that ESR does not receive any direct government funding. ESR’s income 
and revenue is generated from contracts with customers and agencies in the public and 
private sectors for services and research. 
For the Financial Year 2022, ESR had a total revenue of $110.8 million. The breakdown 
of ESR’s total revenue is as follows: 
•  Revenue from contracts in the Public Sector 
$86.9 million 
•  Revenue from contracts in the Private Sector 
$23.9 million 
 
 
 




 
 
 
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Thank you for your request. 
 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
 
Mark Ot away 
General Manager Business Services 
Institute of Environmental Science and Research