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New Zealand Nation News API
Get the live top nation headlines from New Zealand with our JSON API.
Get API key for the New Zealand Nation News APIAPI 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=nation&apikey=API_KEY
{
"totalArticles": 19038,
"articles": [
{
"id": "d00f7ffca392c2d15c0805fe49ad9d64",
"title": "Ōhope activist guilty of bomb hoax after red suitcase left at council",
"description": "Ōhope man Gordon Dickson knew perfectly well what he was doing when he slipped a red suitcase through the automatic doors of the Whakatāne District Council...",
"content": "Police said he should have known such an act would result in the abandoned suitcase being seen as a bomb threat, resulting in the evacuation of the building and the summoning of the bomb squad.\nHowever, for Dickson it was an act of environmental acti... [5457 chars]",
"url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/ohope-activist-guilty-of-bomb-hoax-after-red-suitcase-left-at-council/VOA62AI4QNGEVLPODRDN4A7H7E/",
"image": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/3H4ODOKV5ZAXNK7FLLDB4WKG6U.jpg?auth=163d0df4eaa6e55c73906e8598c7b3344aea9ea62f597d4abb52407a238b66a0&width=1200&height=675&quality=70&focal=845%2C634&smart=false",
"publishedAt": "2026-03-19T03:01:12Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "a086bc2011f6ea09f34f87b9ef0a588b",
"name": "NZ Herald",
"url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz"
}
},
{
"id": "b553a1f4d609ce6901c5763545a369dc",
"title": "case scenario’ as Iran war continues, fuel prices to rise further, Treasury reckons inflation could be 3.2% in June",
"description": "The Government is considering how it might prioritise fuel access as it prepares for the “worst-case scenario” in light of the Middle East conflict...",
"content": "Luxon, who repeatedly referenced New Zealand’s lack of control over the war’s trajectory, said the uncertainty surrounding the war’s longevity meant the Government had to prepare.\n“We are preparing for the worst-case scenario.”\nWillis, who led the Go... [3290 chars]",
"url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-preparing-nz-for-worst-case-scenario-as-iran-war-continues-fuel-prices-to-rise-further/LNQP42LXJRCCNJ4PH7XV2NQTW4/",
"image": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/I4IJJ5O4PRC4BP7SV23M74XL6A.jpg?auth=3d7873e33077e17464bf9034332b80a8a7bed96d52fc31976c17f98dccc5e780&width=1200&height=675&quality=70&smart=true",
"publishedAt": "2026-03-19T02:48:25Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "a086bc2011f6ea09f34f87b9ef0a588b",
"name": "NZ Herald",
"url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz"
}
},
{
"id": "2ed2d44c83871f794798d8c97bf2823a",
"title": "Fire in central Auckland near Z petrol station sends thick black smoke over Ponsonby",
"description": "A huge blaze that broke out near a petrol station in central Auckland is believed to have started after a high-performance car caught fire. The blaze was...",
"content": "A witness’ friend told the Herald their friend saw the blaze begin at the back left side of the mechanics’ garage.\n“Looked like a high-performance car lifted at the back, and it was on fire, dripping liquid,” he said.\nHe said the workers tried to put... [1568 chars]",
"url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/fire-in-central-auckland-sends-thick-black-smoke-over-ponsonby/AKSKYE7IPRCWDCOTKLTEUZ456A/",
"image": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/TE2XSOMH5JGK7NGSGSLXLF3QOM.jpg?auth=da5b81a9f0cee9fe69bf6a560a2a2d6f326aa86ea8dacbf4d7c0d1db7d8a42ba&width=1200&height=675&quality=70&smart=true",
"publishedAt": "2026-03-19T02:15:05Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "a086bc2011f6ea09f34f87b9ef0a588b",
"name": "NZ Herald",
"url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz"
}
}
]
}