New Zealand Health News API

Get the live top health 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 health 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=health&country=nz&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=health" \
  --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": "health", "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: "health",
    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" => "health",
    "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=health&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": 11824,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b65f6504cf844fc69609c2a782cdee9b",
            "title": "Epilepsy associated with increased risk of dementia before age 65",
            "description": "People with epilepsy may be more likely to develop young-onset dementia than people without epilepsy, according to a study published October 14, 2026, in Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Young-onset dementia, sometimes called early-onset dementia, develops before age 65. The study does not prove that epilepsy is a direct cause of young-onset dementia; it only shows an association.",
            "content": "EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL 4:00 P.M. ET, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2026\nHighlights:\nPeople with epilepsy may be more likely to develop young-onset dementia, according to a new study.\nYoung-onset dementia develops before age 65.\nThe findings were based ... [4836 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1147086",
            "image": "https://www.eurekalert.org/images/EurekAlert-bluebg_Twitter_601X601.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:13:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6a95657332d8b1bd75fe6a91118746ff",
                "name": "EurekAlert!",
                "url": "https://www.eurekalert.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a55ccc91b4bec903c6c76b237fcb7022",
            "title": "Health NZ: Measles risk rises before NCEA exams",
            "description": "Health NZ: Measles risk rises before NCEA exams",
            "content": "Health New Zealand is asking secondary school students and their whānau to make sure they are protected against measles before NCEA exams and assessments begin.\nThe reminder comes as measles outbreaks overseas increase the risk of the highly contagio... [2675 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/386201-health-nz--measles-risk-rises-before-ncea-exams.html",
            "image": "https://cdn.sunlive.co.nz/images/sunlive/141026measles01.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5eb356cc798cd7e0691d4f5c8383576f",
                "name": "SunLive",
                "url": "https://www.sunlive.co.nz"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "aaa2f51943879ee44fd0635011b182fd",
            "title": "The HRT Boomerang: The Rise, Fall, and Rise again of Hormone Replacement Therapy for Menopause",
            "description": "Black box warnings are the most severe regulatory alerts used by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), reserved for medications with life-threatening risks.[1] In 2003, they were affixed to all m…",
            "content": "Black box warnings are the most severe regulatory alerts used by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), reserved for medications with life-threatening risks. In 2003, they were affixed to all menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) products con... [12139 chars]",
            "url": "https://nursingclio.org/2026/10/14/the-hrt-boomerang-the-rise-fall-and-rise-again-of-hormone-replacement-therapy-for-menopause/",
            "image": "https://i0.wp.com/nursingclio.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/pexels-towfiqu-barbhuiya-3440682-12052485-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:36:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "50b7510552c047b162e9f955283b8da0",
                "name": "Nursing Clio",
                "url": "https://nursingclio.org"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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