14th February 2024 NZICCFletcher Building chief executive Ross Taylor has resigned and will depart later this year.
9th February 2024 NZICCThe New Zealand International Convention Centre has secured the International Confederation of Principals’ Convention in 2026.
5th February 2024 NZICCNew Zealand International Convention Centre Hobson Street Hotel contractor Fletcher Building says it expects the project to cost it another $165m.
1st November 2023 NZICC / PeopleThe venue’s sales team will start taking domestic booking enquiries from 1 December 2023 for events taking place from mid-2025.
13th September 2023 NZICC / PeopleThe New Zealand International Convention Centre has appointed Loryn Blaikie as international sales manager.
16th August 2023 NZICCFletcher Building has set aside another $255m to complete SkyCity Entertainment’s New Zealand International Convention Centre and Hobson Street Hotel in Auckland.
26th May 2023 NZICC / TrainingThe New Zealand International Convention Centre and the International Association for Professional Congress Organisers (IAPCO) are partnering to develop a multi-year leadership programme.
16th December 2022 NZICC / Te PaeTwo of the country’s major business events assets are ending 2022 with contrasting fortunes.
21st September 2022 NZICC / People / Te PaeThe New Zealand International Convention Centre is ramping up its sales team as it looks to build up bookings ahead of the long-awaited venue’s 2025 opening.
14th June 2022 Conferences / NZICCThe New Zealand International Convention Centre will host around 2,500 pest control experts in 2026.
1st November 2021 NZICC / SkyCityContractor ructions, inferno, and now Covid pushes delivery out but SkyCity remains sanguine about the future.
24th August 2021 NZICC / PeopleMurray Jordan will retire from the SkyCity Entertainment Group board effective from 30 September 2021.
20th August 2021 NZICC / VenuesFletcher Building is continuing to forecast a 2024 completion date for the New Zealand International Convention Centre in its latest annual report, despite contractual leeway for a later delivery.
14th July 2021 NZICC / SkyCitySkyCity says it is “prudent to have a buffer” between Fletcher’s current delivery date of late 2024 and the project’s deadline.
3rd May 2021 NZICC / SkyCityDelivery of the beleaguered NZICC has been pushed back again, this time to 2024.
12th January 2021 Conferences / NZICCThe 2025 event is expected to attract 2500 delegates to Auckland.
7th October 2020 NZICCFire and Emergency NZ has been advised to review strategies to deal with high risk buildings and buildings under construction.
18th June 2020 NZICCCompletion of the adjacent Horizon Hotel has also been delayed to mid-2022.
1st May 2020 Corporate / NZICCSkyCity Entertainment and the Government have set the delivery deadline for the New Zealand International Convention Centre to be the start of 2025.
23rd April 2020 NZICC / VenuesStaff will be brought back to the New Zealand International Convention Centre site under alert level 3, says Fletcher Construction.
22nd April 2020 NZICC / VenuesSpeculation the fire was caused by an inexperienced contractor leaving a blowtorch on was incorrect, say investigators.
19th February 2020 NZICCIt may be months before a full scope and timetable is agreed for the completion of the fire-damaged NZ International Convention Centre in Auckland, says Fletcher Building.
13th February 2020 Corporate / NZICCThe operator says in its interim results that it has claimed around $240m in insurance from the NZICC fire.
3rd February 2020 NZICCThe Fire and Emergency NZ-commissioned independent operational review of last October’s New Zealand International Convention Centre fire at SkyCity is underway.
29th November 2019 NZICC / VenuesThe potential for a temporary structure being built in Auckland for the event is gaining currency, says Nick Hill.
28th November 2019 NZICC / VenuesFletcher Building has updated shareholders on the fire at the $703m NZICC last month, reiterating its commitment to the project and restating its belief that it remains within the construction provisions it announced in February 2018.
18th November 2019 NZICC / VenuesThe Asia-Pacific Association for International Education conference is the first confirmed casualty for the New Zealand International Convention Centre, following the devastating fire that ripped through the construction site in October.
14th November 2019 Incident / NZICCSkyCity will make a donation to Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand to acknowledge the efforts of fire and emergency teams who assisted with the fire at the New Zealand International Convention Centre last month.
12th November 2019 NZICC / PeopleRichard Didsbury last month described the NZICC delays as “abysmal” and “unacceptable”.
7th November 2019 Incident / NZICCAPEC 2021, the largest event ever hosted by the government, will likely shift from the venue.
4th November 2019 NZICC / VenuesThe New Zealand International Convention Centre site has been handed back over to Fletcher Building, following the fire that broke out on 22 October.
31st October 2019 CINZ / NZICCThe business events sector cannot lose sight of a huge infrastructure increase that is in the pipeline, says CINZ chair Tony Gardner.
29th October 2019 Incident / NZICCFire and Emergency New Zealand has released five images from inside SkyCity’s fire damaged New Zealand International Convention Centre.
25th October 2019 Incident / NZICCSkyCity Entertainment Group’s Auckland precinct is back to full operations with its casino, two hotels and a dozen bars and restaurants making a staged reopening since Thursday evening.
25th October 2019 Incident / NZICCIt is too soon to tell what impact the fire at the New Zealand International Convention Centre will have on NZ Inc, according to tourism minister Kelvin Davis.
24th October 2019 Incident / NZICCThe operator said it would start opening its Auckland precinct in phases this afternoon.
24th October 2019 Incident / NZICCAs the fire continues to burn, the country’s business events sector has mobilised.
24th October 2019 Incident / NZICCThe biggest event ever to be hosted by the Govt will go ahead in Auckland in 2021, says Jacinda Ardern.
23rd October 2019 Incident / NZICCThere will be a material delay to the completion of the project but by how long is unknown, says Graeme Stephens.
23rd October 2019 Incident / NZICCSkyCity decides against reopening its Auckland precinct today as the blaze continues.
23rd October 2019 Event / NZICCFirefighters abandon roof to flames to focus on protecting building.
23rd October 2019 Incident / NZICCSkyCity Entertainment Group’s shares closed down almost 3% yesterday following the outbreak of a massive fire at its $703m New Zealand International Convention Centre and Horizon Hotel in Auckland.
21st October 2019 NZICC / VenuesThe operator reveals it is facing “a tsunami of claims” from Fletcher Construction over the $703m project.
9th October 2019 Conference / NZICCThe NZICC has secured the 61st Annual Meeting and Congress of the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists in 2023.
14th August 2019 NZICC / VenuesThe $703m flagship convention centre will probably miss its already-delayed 2020 delivery date, says SkyCity’s CEO.
14th February 2019 NZICC / SkyCityThe latest delay to the $703m venue will affect nearly 8,000 delegates.
13th February 2019 Corporate / NZICCMajor bookings for the flagship $703m venue are under review as delivery blows deadline by 18 months.
13th December 2018 NZICC / PeopleThe New Zealand International Convention Centre has appointed David Allott its director of operations.
23rd October 2018 NZICC / SkyCitySKYCITY Entertainment Group does not yet have a delivery date for its $703m NZ International Convention Centre and Horizon Hotel project.
18th September 2018 NZICC / SkyCityThe operator says it has the right to the funds under its contract with Fletchers.
