SKyCity has dramatically increased the scope of its planned Auckland convention centre, announcing plans for a five star hotel and a 50 per cent increase in spending on the project .

SkyCity Entertainment Group profits have taken a big dive, its normalised net profit for the June 30 2014 year down 8.1 per cent to $123.1 million.

Significant news will emerge from SkyCity when its annual result is revealed this morning - what will it reveal about the $402m convention centre?

SkyCity Entertainment is tidying up its corporate image, now it has hundreds of extra poker machines firmly in its sights, writes John Drinnan.

A woman undergoing chemotherapy says she felt humiliated after being turned away from a Hamilton casino because she didn't have a doctor's note saying she needed to wear a hat.

SkyCity's international convention centre is facing a tough deadline with nothing built, no land cleared so it can be built and no consents applied for so building can start.

An annual outlook on the media and entertainment industry says we're in a new era, where Kiwi consumers no longer differentiate between the traditional and the digital., writes John Drinnan.

Television New Zealand is adamant the scrapping of up to 12 journalists' jobs because of cuts at 20/20 is not linked to an expensive makeover, writes John Drinnan.

NZ shares rose yesterday, led by Goodman Property Trust, after the property investor said full-year net profit rose 72 per cent. Trade Me and Xero paced the gains while Ryman Healthcare fell ahead of reporting earnings today.

SkyCity Entertainment Group wants Auckland's InterCity Coachlines station out of its casino headquarters.

An Auckland man who says he won $125 on card tables at SkyCity is now before the courts accused of cheating.

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.

Shark fin remains on the dinner menu at Auckland's SkyCity casino, at $70 for a small serving, despite assurances to the contrary.

Shan Inglis is now in the sights of Wellington man Graham McCready, who is considering laying a private prosecution against her over her husband's hotel upgrades and freebies.

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.