WELLINGTON Wholesale Oleksandr Zinchenko Jersey , June 25 (Xinhua) -- Construction data in New Zealand's greater Christchurch, where three major earthquakes occurred over the past seven years, indicated building activity was still going strong, Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration Nicky Wagner said on Sunday.
Statistics on residential and non-residential building activity, since the earthquakes and the Canterbury Public Sector Rebuild program Wholesale Nicolas Otamendi Jersey , showed that the value of non-residential consents issued in the March 2017 quarter was 251 million NZ dollars (182.7 million U.S. dollars), compared with 180 million NZ dollars (131 million U.S. dollars) in the same quarter in 2016.
The value of residential consents was similar, about 400 million NZ dollars (291 million U.S. dollars), to this time last year, the data showed.
The value of building activity in Canterbury in the March 2017 quarter was in excess of 1 billion NZ dollars (728 million U.S. dollars).
"Within this is the Canterbury Public Sector Rebuild program Wholesale Marlos Moreno Jersey , which is almost halfway through. This is a stunning achievement given the magnitude of the program," Wagner said in a release.
"Overall, the level of construction activity isn't quite what it was two years ago when earthquake-related building consents were at their peak, but the numbers are still steady," Wagner said.
Continued development in the central city and wider Christchurch area means economic growth and Wholesale Leroy Sane Jersey , importantly, jobs, she said.
Employment in Canterbury's construction sector was 12.8 percent in March 2017, compared with 9.6 percent nationally, Wagner said Wholesale Kyle Walker Jersey , adding that since the March 2010 quarter, the sector has increased by 88.3 percent or 20,400 employees.
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KATHMANDU, April 7, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A masked dancer dressed up as deity arrives to perform "Devi Pyankha" (Devi Dance in local language) to mark the Ghode Jatra (horse racing festival) in Kathmandu, Nepal, April 7, 2016. Nepal's Army usually organizes horse racing, acrobatics performance and other activities to mark the traditional Ghode Jatra, or horse racing festival. (XinhuaSunil Sharma)
KATHMANDU, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The annual festival of Horse Racing known as Ghode Jatra was celebrated here on Thursday with merriment.
The festival that falls on the Nepali month of Chaitra is regarded as the oldest festival in the valley where dozens of horses belonging to Nepal Cavalry participated in various artistic stunts.
President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, who is also the supreme commander of the Nepal Army, presented in the function along with Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, chiefs of security bodies, representatives from diplomatic mission and various high level government officials.