Shares fall as China's ripples spread
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.
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.
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.
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 Entertainment Group is eyeing a Manila casino opportunity but has stepped away from Gold Coast plans.
A group of 20 Asian gamblers left SkyCity's Auckland casino without paying a $2.4 million debt, and it's thought they've hit other casinos.
TVNZ considered abandoning its Auckland national headquarters to make way for SkyCity Entertainment Group's $402 million international convention centre.
The profits and boom in visitor numbers from SkyCity's proposed convention centre have already been built into Auckland Council's accounts.
Approval for a VIP smoking area at Auckland's SkyCity casino has prompted a High Court challenge over testing methods.
A State sector financial whiz hired to check SkyCity's sums attacked the basis underpinning the "independent" report used by the Government to justify the convention centre deal.
SkyCity says it has been "victimised" in the debate over the Convention Centre deal, but a law change to allow increased gambling has the potential to go ahead.
Auckland's $400 million International Convention Centre has come a step closer amid heated accusations that MPs failed to vote with their conscience in backing a law change which will allow increased gambling facilities at SkyCity.