MANUFACTURING
NZEF was formed in 1962 to promote and support the interests of engineering in New Zealand .
The merger came about as a means to provide national representation focused on the needs of the real economy . There was , and is , significant discontent from the traded economy about the impacts of Government policy , and in particular policies which cause a high exchange rate and other competitive disadvantages in comparison to polices in other countries . The merger allowed the Association to be generally more active on these issues , and to provide nationwide support to members .
Largely the Association ’ s efforts have two elements : we advocate
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