However, higher levels of research and development activity in New Zealand will require higher numbers of skilled people from a broad range of disciplines. New Zealand currently has a shortage of graduates in engineering, mathematics, computer and the physical sciences. 19 In engineering for example, our universities graduate 1,500 engineering students, well short of the 2,750 needed each year if New Zealand is to build an innovation-led economy. 20
in favour of environmental protection, e.g. fighting climate change or 'green' policies or preservation of natural resources or animal rights