New Zealand Business News API

Get the live top business headlines from New Zealand with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

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This request returns the current top business headlines from New Zealand. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=business&country=nz&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=business" \
  --data-urlencode "country=nz" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "business", "country": "nz", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "business",
    country: "nz",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$params = http_build_query([
    "category" => "business",
    "country"  => "nz",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=business&country=nz&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 24198,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "6c63114a9a1a04a8b69e76d1bfecf518",
            "title": "My Food Bag to remain listed on NZX after strategic review",
            "description": "The meal-kit company launched the review in April, considering its ownership, strategic options and capital structure.",
            "content": "My Food Bag will remain listed on the NZX after a six-month strategic review, which included testing the market for a potential sale of the company, ended without a deal.\nThe meal-kit company launched the review in April, considering its ownership, s... [1038 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/11/04/my-food-bag-to-remain-listed-on-nzx-after-strategic-review/",
            "image": "https://tvnz-1-news-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/my-food-bag-has-warned-customers-that-17-items-from-recent-d-FYYZQ6PIANBCPK7QC5VL5KFYXU.jpg?auth=c6f7f4af817f1a42c77e49e9111790f38df89e55f06336c55fbeebff63ec0879&quality=70&width=600&height=315&focal=442%2C227",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:13:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9b3921fcecffb9abd8da549eacb0a84a",
                "name": "1News",
                "url": "https://www.1news.co.nz"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "db7142d64a505fd29c7fc4ddf186239a",
            "title": "High Court rejects class action over power cuts due to Northland tower collapse but leaves door open to claims",
            "description": "The High Court has rejected an attempt to bring a class action against Transpower and its maintenance contractor Omexom on behalf of thousands of Northland...",
            "content": "The action, brought by two Northland businesses, could have covered as many as 24,000 businesses seeking compensation for losses caused by the widespread power outage.\nHowever, Justice Victoria Heine, sitting in the High Court in Wellington, found th... [5537 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.businessdesk.co.nz/energy/high-court-rejects-class-action-over-power-cuts-due-to-northland-tower-collapse-but-leaves-door-open-to-claims/X5LU2CJ455G6VB35D77FMW62T4/",
            "image": "https://www.businessdesk.co.nz/resizer/v2/M2PLZ43DZJGYPLJM5U5XL57ADM.JPG?auth=ccf3e430106247f2a47d8c1ae667355a4291eadb830e8e5649003177abb3c73a&width=1200&height=675&quality=70&focal=1424%2C1469&smart=false",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:26:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "766a2e8e9fc1ea8d27ceb1083c90ca2a",
                "name": "BusinessDesk",
                "url": "https://www.businessdesk.co.nz"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "afba5d779b568aa0f85164f3cb391b8d",
            "title": "At least 11 European countries snared in freezer cyber attacks",
            "description": "Germany, Romania and the United Kingdom have joined the growing list of European nations hit by cyber attacks on supermarket refrigeration systems in recent...",
            "content": "But he refused to point the finger at any potential culprits.\nItaly and the Netherlands were among the 10 or so EU countries hit, just weeks after hundreds of French supermarkets were forced to throw away spoiled stock in a similar incident.\nBritain,... [2417 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/at-least-11-european-countries-snared-in-freezer-cyberattacks/JVWYEWPHYRANHLPLB57LIEFG6M/",
            "image": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/VJT24L43LNBGDOZWMFMLPNYCHQ.jpg?auth=e960f8cc115cfb4b919015d6b532c431794d54fa10011a51e35533b563d0d8c9&width=1200&height=675&quality=70&focal=1405%2C698&smart=false",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T20:49:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a086bc2011f6ea09f34f87b9ef0a588b",
                "name": "NZ Herald",
                "url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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