The RNZAF has a great scheme called RUS (RNZAF undergrad. scheme) where you basically do your degree (on the airforces coin) and then join the RNZAF as an officer at the end, they have engineers, pilots,admin and supliers, all sorts really, worth a look, cause at the end of the day like people say theres an awful lot of people going for pilot and its nice to have a back up. I know a few people who are in RUS for pilot and are studying commerce, physics.
Or you could go to massey and join the officer scheme where you get paid to study.
And no I'm not a recruiter.