Press Release – Make Lemonade Technology is New Zealands fastest growing and second biggest export sector, but a new national survey has found only a small number of students progress from secondary to tertiary technology education. There has been a disappointing decline … Technology is New Zealand’s fastest growing and second biggest export sector, but a new national survey has found only a small number of students progress from secondary to tertiary technology education. There has been a disappointing decline in participation in NCEA technology and maths standards, the core feeder subjects for technology degrees, however it is the drop off between secondary and tertiary education that is most marked, the survey says.