Auckland Council may prosecute the owner of a popular entertainment complex for failing to keep the building up to code.
Sky World in Queen St doesn't have a warrant of fitness and, at one stage, was designated dangerous.
The prime Auckland entertainment centre hosts movies, tenpin bowling, arcades, food and drink.
Twelve thousand people visit Sky World each day, yet it hasn't had a warrant for 436 days.
Auckland Council is frustrated.
"Fairly disengaged and unresponsive I think would be good words for it," said Auckland Council building control general manager Ian McCormick, about the site's owner.
Last December, Sky World was issued a dangerous building notice, due to fire safety concerns. By May, they were fixed, but a range of other systems were supposed to be rectified by the end of October.
"Sadly, not the case, so while we have received a lot of that information in the last couple of days, a lot of it has turned up outside that deadline," said Mr McCormick.
The building is owned by JNJ Holdings. Sole shareholder James Kwak wasn't in his office or at home today.
The council won't shut the building down, because it's not a safety risk and the livelihood of 80 businesses depends on it staying open. So it's considering the next step.
Auckland Council says even if it does successfully prosecute, the fines handed down are often low - about $500 - or the owner is discharged without conviction.
The council says that's out of its hands, so the best deterrent is publicity.
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