The antics of the so-called "unruly tourists" are set to grace the stage through the New Zealand Opera.

New research suggests people on a vegetarian diet have healthier levels of disease markers than people who eat meat.

Two weak positive results for Covid-19 detected in Wellington's wastewater are likely to have come from recently recovered cases continuing to shed the virus, the Ministry of Health says.

A prohibited firearm has been recovered and two people arrested after an incident at an Auckland sports centre this morning.

A new way of measuring what contractors are charging the government will set out the range of what is paid for each type of job.

Meeting All Blacks, posing for superhero portraits and a first-ever flight ensured a day to remember for some Koru Care kids.

Twenty-nine schools which were offered the government's funded lunch in schools programme turned down the free food.

An investigation which ended without charges had 'unreasonable' delays, report finds.

Covid-19 has been spreading through Everest Base Camp, but record numbers of climbing permits are still being issued to climbers. Kiwi mountaineer Guy Cotter talked to Saturday Morning about the unfolding situation.

Police are investigating after a new-born baby girl in Hamilton was left with critical injuries earlier this week.

Another man charged in relation to the historic sexual abuse at Auckland's Dilworth School has died.

A beer company owner is apologising for racist comments online, amid mounting calls to boycott the beer.

Vandals who attacked a flood monitoring station this week put people and livelihoods at risk, the Taranaki Regional Council says.

Builders are having to wait nearly half a year to get supplies and say it's getting worse. This is putting a strain on finishing projects, at a time when New Zealand desperately needs more homes.

The race is on for New Zealand to lure high-skilled workers to the country as the rest of the world begins to get back on track during the Covid-19 pandemic, business leaders have been told.

Actor and comedian David McPhail, famous for his impersonations of Prime Minister Robert Muldoon, has died.

A rider has died following a crash involving their motorbike and a car in Ōpotiki this evening.

A 'Robin Hood'-style policy, redistributing the big salaries of public service chief executives to lower paid workers, would be more effective than a pay freeze, says a top business academic.