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New Zealand Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from New Zealand with our JSON API.

Get API key for the New Zealand Health News API

API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from New Zealand.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=nz&category=health&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 550,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c60b3a93743d4426ce2e897f6a7dac85",
            "title": "Private cancer patients to get access to Pharmac-funded medicine",
            "description": "This \"transitional access\" has been criticised by opposition politicians as \"a subsidy for private insurers\".",
            "content": "A group of patients with advanced breast cancer will be the first to be able to receive a taxpayer-funded medicine in private hospitals.\nSo-called \"transitional access\" has been criticised by opposition politicians as \"a subsidy for private insurers\"... [2681 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/578672/private-cancer-patients-to-get-access-to-pharmac-funded-medicine",
            "image": "https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--EculR975--/t_tohu-badge-facebook/v1653027722/4LRH4ZE_pharmac_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-12T03:57:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "79971a6b38016604095f88394b17172a",
                "name": "RNZ",
                "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e3d501c3fd0bfcdf69f549da2a0c6abf",
            "title": "Type 1 diabetes closer to a cure as patient makes his own insulin",
            "description": "A breakthrough in Type 1 diabetes treatment shows promise. Scientists in Sweden have successfully transplanted gene-edited islet cells into a patient.",
            "content": "A breakthrough in Type 1 diabetes treatment shows promise. Scientists in Sweden have successfully transplanted gene-edited islet cells into a patient. These cells produced insulin without triggering an immune attack. This eliminates the need for life... [5135 chars]",
            "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/type-1-diabetes-closer-to-a-cure-as-patient-makes-his-own-insulin/articleshow/125254818.cms",
            "image": "https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125255024,width-1070,height-580,imgsize-102152,resizemode-75,overlay-toi_sw,pt-32,y_pad-40/photo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-12T02:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9c931d3332c3a87c89b804230892aa64",
                "name": "The Times of India",
                "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a92abf366e82041a0001670ae32871d9",
            "title": "Young New Zealanders Facing Bowel Cancer Call For Action As New Report Reveals Gaps In Care",
            "description": "A new nationwide report from Bowel Cancer NZ has laid bare the reality of bowel cancer for younger adults – revealing widespread gaps in awareness, late-stage diagnoses, and the personal and financial toll of treatment during life’s busiest years",
            "content": "New Zealanders under 50 are being diagnosed with bowel cancer too late, too often – and their voices reveal the human cost of delayed diagnosis\nA new nationwide report from Bowel Cancer New Zealand has laid bare the reality of bowel cancer for younge... [5522 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE2511/S00043/young-new-zealanders-facing-bowel-cancer-call-for-action-as-new-report-reveals-gaps-in-care.htm",
            "image": "http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1908/scoop_image.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-12T00:54:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6b2768fc49d756413d6862c0b5987508",
                "name": "Scoop - New Zealand News",
                "url": "https://www.scoop.co.nz"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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