SkyCity Entertainment Group chief executive Nigel Morrison has named his potential successor but says he intends to stay running the $2.2 billion business till around 2017 or 2018.

Chinese companies are stepping up New Zealand investment after two big approvals were granted.

The development of SkyCity Entertainment Group's controversial $402 million international convention centre is drawing closer.

A suspect in a record-breaking drug probe had a gambling turnover of $14m at SkyCity Casino despite declaring an income of just $4217 over the same time period.

A man used chewing gum to block poker machine cash slots before returning to pinch other people's jammed winnings.

NZ shares were mixed yesterday as investors cast forward to next month's earnings season, and as regional markets mulled this week's Federal Reserve meeting.

SkyCity Entertainment Group has begun its A$350m ($370m) Adelaide redevelopment, reshaping and refurbishing areas in the historic railway station it leases.

New Zealand shares fell yesterday as the market joined a region-wide decline, and was paced by retailers after the Warehouse Group joined Hallenstein Glassons in issuing a profit warning.

Charging documents for the private prosecution against embattled Auckland Mayor Len Brown have now been delivered to the city's district court.

Auckland's embattled mayor has a new date - with a courtroom - as a private prosecution is brought against him today for accepting hotel freebies.

Revelations that SkyCity casino is caught up in an alleged international crime syndicate are unsurprising the Green Party says.

SkyCity Casino is at the centre of a $120m drug bust with key players in the alleged international crime syndicate spending millions of dollars in the VIP lounge.

A senior equities analyst has raised questions about Labour potentially scrapping SkyCity Entertainment Group's $402 million convention centre.

David Cunliffe has come under pressure to reveal whether a Labour-led Government would tear up National's pokies-for-convention centre deal with SkyCity.

Labour's leader David Cunliffe says the PM's claims that Labour has promised SkyCity it won't revoke the convention centre deal have been made up.

Australian and New Zealand expansion will transform SkyCity Entertainment Group into a very different business in five years, shareholders have been told.

Mayor Len Brown is trying to rewrite history over his support for the SkyCity pokies-convention centre deal, says mayoral challenger John Minto.

Approval for smoking in SkyCity's high-roller lounge may be stubbed out after it was challenged in the High Court.

SkyCity's proposal to light up another smoker-friendly gambling area has been stubbed out.

TVNZ is planning a major refurbishment using cash from the sale of land for the SkyCity Convention Centre, while returning a smaller dividend to the government.

The Government's convention centre deal with SkyCity could see the taxpayer saddled with millions in cost overruns before building even begins, claims Labour.

SkyCity has bought a "floating palace" to entertain high rollers - but insists no gambling will be allowed on board.

A Chinese woman involved in a gambling scam with her ex-boyfriend and a casino worker that stole more than $50,000 has avoided a jail sentence but will be deported.

SkyCity Entertainment Group is eyeing a Manila casino opportunity but has stepped away from Gold Coast plans.