New Zealand Science News API

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

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=science" \
  --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": "science", "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: "science",
    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" => "science",
    "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=science&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": 3257,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "86f6e6d606252a61a6b40e27f4ecc289",
            "title": "Researchers target PFAS with lower-temperature destruction method",
            "description": "Removing harmful chemicals from contaminated water is only one step toward their elimination. Once collected in filtration materials, these chemicals must still be destroyed and detoxified to prevent contamination from moving into another waste stream.",
            "content": "Removing harmful chemicals from contaminated water is only one step toward their elimination. Once collected in filtration materials, these chemicals must still be destroyed and detoxified to prevent contamination from moving into another waste strea... [3404 chars]",
            "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-pfas-temperature-destruction-method.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2026/researchers-target-pfa.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T20:00:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6063be7565dcd637bb5d2946ed6c5329",
                "name": "Phys.org",
                "url": "https://phys.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0d04e9e2596282f1cca9cc1bb7c21de5",
            "title": "Kiwi astronomer dejected over fate of Nasa's Swift Observatory",
            "description": "An Otago based astronomer says it's a sad day as a half-a-billion-dollar satellite looks set to crash back to Earth.",
            "content": "Audio player for \" Ian Griffin explains the fate of Nasa's Swift satellite \" removed for printing\nVisit page to play audio: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9._f0.YIZs2-J2FpwgcBcJJb29s1vXmFAWHLh_p1oUyv-l-RA/science-and-technology/2329005... [1368 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/science-and-technology/2329005/kiwi-astronomer-dejected-over-fate-of-nasa-s-swift-observatory",
            "image": "https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--lvlvYDri--/t_tohu-badge-facebook/f_auto/q_auto/4JFQQ3F_f9cdfffb9a33d78ee808ee37b84d3040_avif",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T19:54:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "79971a6b38016604095f88394b17172a",
                "name": "RNZ",
                "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6460942348d460dd6919301b1407c126",
            "title": "NASA's Swift space telescope predicted to crash back to Earth on Wednesday",
            "description": "A defunct NASA space telescope is expected to plummet back to Earth sometime on Wednesday (local time).",
            "content": "A defunct NASA space telescope is expected to plummet back to Earth sometime on Wednesday (local time).\nAfter attempts to save it failed earlier this year, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, aka the Swift telescope, was shut down at the end of Octob... [4371 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/science-and-technology/2314887/nasa-s-swift-space-telescope-predicted-to-crash-back-to-earth-on-wednesday",
            "image": "https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--lvlvYDri--/t_tohu-badge-facebook/f_auto/q_auto/4JFQQ3F_f9cdfffb9a33d78ee808ee37b84d3040_avif",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T01:23:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "79971a6b38016604095f88394b17172a",
                "name": "RNZ",
                "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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