As owner. As provider. The New Zealand government is involved in the economy in a range of different ways. The main ones are as a regulator, as a gatherer of taxes, as an owner of enterprises, and as a provider of services and income.ost economic activity in New Zealand is people and firms doing business with each other. The governmentâs role is to regulate those interactions. Some of this regulation is through general laws, like the law of contract, which brings people together to do business.
If a Vietnam veteran is diagnosed with one or more of the following cancers and can provide documentation of Agent Orange exposure, he or she is eligible for benefits, including free medical care. Both Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Lung cancer. Cancers of the bronchus, larynx (voice box), and trachea.
In addition, Vietnam claims half a million children have been born with serious birth defects, while as many 2 million people are suffering from cancer or other illness caused by Agent Orange. In 2004, a group of Vietnamese citizens filed a class-action lawsuit against more than 30 chemical companies, including the same ones that settled with U.S. veterans in 1984.