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. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as 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);
}

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" => "health",
    "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=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": 11700,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "10a5b491f103af254fa6728ad1875e26",
            "title": "Memory problems may matter more than slower thinking for dementia risk in frail adults",
            "description": "In a study of 7,023 adults in England, researchers identified three cognitive frailty profiles with different patterns of memory, executive function, and processing speed impairment. Over approximately 10 years, profiles involving memory impairment were associated with higher odds of subsequent dementia, while socioeconomic, educational, and psychosocial factors showed different associations across the three groups.",
            "content": "When physical frailty and cognitive difficulties occur together, does the type of thinking impairment influence future dementia risk? A decade-long study of older adults in England examines how different cognitive patterns and social circumstances re... [8258 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20261103/Memory-problems-may-matter-more-than-slower-thinking-for-dementia-risk-in-frail-adults.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/images/news/ImageForNews_850522_17937484116987693.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:27:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "377c872ade1731c849f0979167439448",
            "title": "Talk of the town: Virtual world gets stroke survivors talking",
            "description": "Have you ever felt like you know exactly what you want to say, but just can't get the words out? Having a word on the tip of your tongue can be frustrating at the best of times, but for people with communication difficulties, it can be a constant struggle to find the right words, make sentences and connect with others.",
            "content": "Have you ever felt like you know exactly what you want to say, but just can't get the words out? Having a word on the tip of your tongue can be frustrating at the best of times, but for people with communication difficulties, it can be a constant str... [4786 chars]",
            "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-town-virtual-world-survivors.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2026/talk-of-the-town-virtu.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:00:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6063be7565dcd637bb5d2946ed6c5329",
                "name": "Phys.org",
                "url": "https://phys.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c6989db1831effd9630f9367fc8c9a2e",
            "title": "New Report Urges New Zealand Government to Look Beyond Health Challenges",
            "description": "The decisions New Zealanders make at this year's general election will help shape health and wellbeing for decades to come. Authors Michael Baker",
            "content": "The decisions New Zealanders make at this year's general election will help shape health and wellbeing for decades to come.\nYet political debate is dominated by immediate concerns such as rising living costs, access to health services, and economic m... [7056 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/new-report-urges-new-zealand-government-to-look-1771413/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fuploads%2F1412533519888a485b488%2Fbb9f9777%3Fixid%3DMXwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHw%253D%26amp%3Bixlib%3Drb-1.2.1%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D1350%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:40:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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