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New Zealand Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from New Zealand with our JSON API.

Get API key for the New Zealand Health News API

API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from New Zealand.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=nz&category=health&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 1760,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2c2da33a37aaf8709c2713f36c18280f",
            "title": "People trust AI over doctors for medical advice, MIT study",
            "description": "Despite often receiving incorrect information, a recent study reveals that humans are more likely to trust medical advice from artificial intelligence than actual doctors.",
            "content": "By Akash Pandey\nJan 25, 2026 12:44 pm\nWhat's the story\nA recent study by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found that people trust medical advice from artificial intelligence (AI) more than that from human doctors. ... [2223 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/science/humans-prefer-medical-advice-from-ai-bots/story",
            "image": "https://i.cdn.newsbytesapp.com/images/l50820260125124402.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T07:14:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a4480be93823b85928b6dac15328ffcc",
                "name": "NewsBytes",
                "url": "https://www.newsbytesapp.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e2652e23282e14249b2ebc00adea10c4",
            "title": "Scientists exposed how cancer hides in plain sight",
            "description": "Pancreatic cancer may evade the immune system using a clever molecular trick. Researchers found that the cancer-driving protein MYC also suppresses immune alarm signals, allowing tumors to grow unnoticed. When this immune-shielding ability was disabled in animal models, tumors rapidly collapsed. The findings point to a new way to expose cancer to the body’s own defenses without harming healthy cells.",
            "content": "The findings reveal a central way cancer cells protect themselves from immune attack. When this protective mechanism was blocked, tumors in laboratory animals rapidly collapsed, suggesting a powerful new vulnerability in one of the deadliest forms of... [5736 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260124003811.htm",
            "image": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/images/1920/cancer-cells-hiding-on-tissue.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T06:46:41Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "81a05fd2712964dbdb32b1c6a27646fd",
                "name": "ScienceDaily",
                "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "587a0352dbff30e439415b8f86c4267b",
            "title": "Women and alcohol risks in midlife",
            "description": "Find out how alcohol affects women in midlife, the hidden health risks of daily drinking, and what you need to know to stay healthy.",
            "content": "Fifty-something Robyn’s explanation of how her drinking has changed as she’s got older is telling.\n“When I was younger, I drank to have a good time,” she says.\n“Now I drink to have an okay time. It gets me through the day and I can’t imagine life wit... [8683 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/lifestyle/women-alcohol-risks-midlife/",
            "image": "https://api.photon.aremedia.net.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2026/01/20-1-26-talking-point-women-alcohol-feature-696eb37e82da9.jpg?resize=1200%2C630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-24T20:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c62554f02c138afa7567f20eb9f34abb",
                "name": "Now to Love NZ",
                "url": "https://www.nowtolove.co.nz"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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