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. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean 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);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($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": 22938,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "fe35d73d4b75b42ecf0511737034e39c",
            "title": "Christchurch named among world’s top 10 trending travel destinations for 2027",
            "description": "Christchurch has been named among the world’s top 10 trending travel destinations for 2027, the only New Zealand city to make the list. The Garden City...",
            "content": "“I’m proud to see our very own Ōtautahi Christchurch recognised among the world’s Top 10 Trending Destinations for 2027,” Lacey said.\n“It’s a city that is full of surprises that has reinvented itself over the last 15 years, from its buzzing creative ... [1844 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-named-among-worlds-top-10-trending-travel-destinations-for-2027/XY6OKABOJRFLXHCU3X7DB5SOHY/",
            "image": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/YIND2XDBRFFTVM7RJUYYRDMXUQ.JPG?auth=25e4ca42b6a962bbe8f6aaecddbe44059cab846399d6f25c59f83e7f38189f65&width=1200&height=675&quality=70&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:10:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a086bc2011f6ea09f34f87b9ef0a588b",
                "name": "NZ Herald",
                "url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fa8f8721098891c4210f6167650854bc",
            "title": "Christchurch Costco store accepted into fast",
            "description": "Plans for Christchurch’s first Costco store have taken a big step forward, with the Government accepting the proposed development into its fast-track...",
            "content": "The decision means the project can proceed through the fast-track approvals process, although it has not yet received final approval.\nAccording to the decision notice, the development is expected to generate approximately $57 million in gross domesti... [1485 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch/christchurch-costco-store-accepted-into-fast-track-approvals-process/6O2ZIR2KL5FNFOPB34ZIKLQJ3Q/",
            "image": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/Y7AGYDC4YNPTDLT34D2S5LKQ2Q.jpg?auth=164fe8c91e96f7cbe676c4349b01e108e5ce7d4b93e950f528a78f5e0be2f05e&width=1200&height=675&quality=70&focal=1196%2C540&smart=false",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T20:18:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a086bc2011f6ea09f34f87b9ef0a588b",
                "name": "NZ Herald",
                "url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1bc936033b5736bd1387e6bee87e98f5",
            "title": "Truck hits fallen tree on SH57 near Palmerston North, power cut to 500 homes",
            "description": "A “very large tree” has fallen across State Highway 57 close to Palmerston North early this morning, knocking out power lines and damaging a shed. Fire and...",
            "content": "A “very large tree” has fallen across State Highway 57 close to Palmerston North early this morning, knocking out power lines and damaging a shed.\nFire and Emergency received a report at 5.15am that a truck had hit the tree in Aokautere, central shif... [757 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/truck-hits-fallen-tree-on-sh57-near-palmerston-north-power-cut-to-500-homes/DMTHH5K2X5GP5DGTZDF274P6PA/",
            "image": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/WWKQEJATYNAQFCB5PTRQASGX6E.jpg?auth=6a504e8d1c722b135b4a4a7e4c2361638c3ea106630b930aab8684afb247dc1b&width=1200&height=675&quality=70&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T19:23:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a086bc2011f6ea09f34f87b9ef0a588b",
                "name": "NZ Herald",
                "url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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