Auckland's SkyCity casino has agreed to give its 800 part-time and on-call staff guaranteed hours of at least eight, 16, 20 or 32 hours a week, at their choice.

Resource consent for SkyCity's international convention centre should be granted, an Auckland Council expert who has assessed the company's application has recommended.

SkyCity Entertainment Group has pushed up reported net annual profit a spectacular 30.7 per cent to $128 million.

A bid to repeal Government's convention centre deal with SkyCity has failed by one vote in Parliament.

Work on the controversial SkyCity convention centre could start before the end of the year.

A resource consent applications for SkyCity's new convention centre will proceed without the public having a say.

Property editor Anne Gibson analyses why the public did not have a say over SkyCity's new convention centre.

SkyCity's offer to build a convention centre of international scale in Auckland for no public outlay got off to a bad start when the price turned out to be more pokie machines at its casino.

Land sold by TVNZ to SkyCity for $10 million to help build a convention centre has been valued at $28 million, less than two years later.

The revamped design of the SkyCity convention centre has divided critics, with one urban design expert saying it looks like "a ship beached up on Nelson St".

Final designs unveiled following months of negotiations. And it still costs more than the original deal between SkyCity and the Government.

SkyCity's big boss has been up the Sky Tower dozens of times, but has never tried the stairs - until now.

New Zealand shares rose yesterday, paced by SkyCity Entertainment Group and Meridian Energy as investors mulled a possible rate cut.

A convention centre will be an asset to the city, but it shouldn't come at any cost, writes Kerre McIvor.

A revised design for the controversial SkyCity convention centre will be completed by the end of next month.

Act leader David Seymour has been urged to 'take a breath' and ignore Government pressure to vote against the SkyCity convention centre.

The $400 million deal for SkyCity to build a national convention centre in Auckland could be under threat.

SkyCity will have made $27 million out of the convention centre deal by 2017 without even turning the first sod, the Green Party claims.

Having being praised for his handling of the big steps in his leadership so far, Andrew Little quickly found out it is the small steps that trip you up, writes Claire Trevett.

Winston Peters says the Financial Markets Authority must investigate "a huge volume" in trading of SkyCity shares.

The capacity of the proposed Convention Centre falls under the limits the founding study on the project said was needed to make it viable for a return to the economy.

John Key has had a serious slap, writes Fran O'Sullivan. He underestimated the public's tolerance to be politically played by him. So where does it go from now?

New Zealand shares fell yesterday, led by Contact Energy after it flagged plans to invest offshore. Genesis Energy and Meridian Energy declined as enthusiasm for the sector cooled.

The Prime Minister has not tried to hide the fact that it was the public who decided the Government should not put public money into an Auckland international convention centre.

SkyCity could spend millions more on a convention centre than originally agreed as Labour threatens to cut the length of its casino licence if it builds a "dog".

John Key says the SkyCity convention centre plan grew in both size and "flashness" until public backlash persuaded the Government not to spend any more money on it.