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New Zealand News API

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

Get API key for the New Zealand 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=general&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 15870,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "6230d83c687bbc7f86e56e5057f990ed",
            "title": "Te Awamutu Domino’s Pizza workers chase down brazen burglar as he steals TV from store",
            "description": "A brazen burglar was chased down by pizza store workers after he was busted strolling in and taking off with a television. Kevin Kaukau had also parked at...",
            "content": "Judge Saunders remanded him into custody ahead of his sentencing.\nVege crates, bread and a TV\nAccording to the summary of facts, Kaukau used his own car in each of the burglaries.\nIn the first one, during December 2024, Kaukau and an associate drove ... [897 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/te-awamutu-dominos-pizza-workers-chase-down-brazen-burglar-as-he-steals-tv-from-store/ZGEMDNQT3NCLLOYOIYQ7EOC4FQ/",
            "image": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/D623676SR5BBTLFOESTVIUYPHU.png?auth=bda516e599401351b134b74dee82d3395811c2ad1489f1c02c8a9184e81816c0&width=1200&height=675&quality=70&focal=261%2C178&smart=false",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T04:02:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a086bc2011f6ea09f34f87b9ef0a588b",
                "name": "NZ Herald",
                "url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8b61a9239835a38bf27b87714d3daf8f",
            "title": "Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse focused on helping others, friends and family say",
            "description": "Alex Pretti worked as a nurse treating sick veterans - a reflection of his deep desire to help others, family and colleagues say.",
            "content": "By Jeff Winter and Rob Kuznia, for CNN\nAlex Pretti, the 37-year-old man killed by US federal immigration agents, worked as a nurse treating sick veterans, according to family, friends and colleagues - a reflection of his deep desire to help others, t... [3198 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/584928/alex-pretti-was-an-icu-nurse-focused-on-helping-others-friends-and-family-say",
            "image": "https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--eUE6PHZh--/t_tohu-badge-facebook/v1769310804/4JU8SDT_AlexPrettiPosterAFP_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T03:39:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "79971a6b38016604095f88394b17172a",
                "name": "RNZ",
                "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fac76d51e786f8ca505ce0c2cd42660e",
            "title": "Climber Alex Honnold scales Taipei 101 skyscraper without ropes or safety net",
            "description": "Alex Honnold has become the first person to climb the 1667-foot building, one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world, without ropes or safety nets.",
            "content": "Climber Alex Honnold has reached the top of Taipei 101 safely.\nHe's the first person known to climb the 1667-foot building, one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world, without ropes or safety nets.\nIn one hour and 32 minutes - just two minutes over ... [480 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/584926/climber-alex-honnold-scales-taipei-101-skyscraper-without-ropes-or-safety-net",
            "image": "https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--QeFjqjei--/t_tohu-badge-facebook/v1769310824/4JU8SDA_AFP__20260125__93WP2T3__v2__HighRes__TopshotTaiwanClimbingHonnold_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T03:25:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "79971a6b38016604095f88394b17172a",
                "name": "RNZ",
                "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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