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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": 2304,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "32d42b11687244a15d8bc1cf6ad0a213",
            "title": "New study finds Papua New Guinea children among world's most affected by ear disease",
            "description": "Children in Papua New Guinea have some of the world's highest rates of childhood middle ear infections, a new study has found.",
            "content": "Children in Papua New Guinea have some of the world's highest rates of childhood middle ear infections, a new study has found.\nResearchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia and PNG Institute of Medical Research (PNGIMR) checked the ears of 5... [2561 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/587869/new-study-finds-papua-new-guinea-children-among-world-s-most-affected-by-ear-disease",
            "image": "https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--c-lBV_E0--/t_tohu-badge-facebook/v1643534472/4ORIGUW_copyright_image_78613?_a=BACCd2AD",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T20:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "79971a6b38016604095f88394b17172a",
                "name": "RNZ",
                "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ce2698ecea6d9ca420b44c835e364fc0",
            "title": "New Technology Allows Plastic Surgeons to Inject Donor Fat from Cadavers",
            "description": "\"Because it is donor-derived and ready to use, it allows surgeons to add volume in a controlled and targeted way,\" Dr. Bob Basu tells PEOPLE of the new procedure, alloClae",
            "content": "NEED TO KNOW\nA new plastic surgery procedure called alloClae allows patients to receive fat transfers from cadavers\nThe donor-derived tissue \"allows surgeons to add volume in a controlled and targeted way without first needing to perform liposuction,... [3305 chars]",
            "url": "https://nz.news.yahoo.com/technology-allows-plastic-surgeons-inject-200006437.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/qtQK2YJDhrxdxAjsDrcBtQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/people_218/99318870b897e819dbddd63653d536d7",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T20:00:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6d863f4ffeccd8fded318a7cf38642cb",
                "name": "Yahoo News New Zealand",
                "url": "https://nz.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "36458f16e555b8c418c2fde206febf1a",
            "title": "Genetic Pathways Distinguish Schizophrenia and Bipolar",
            "description": "Genomic modeling separates schizophrenia-specific and shared bipolar genes, revealing links to cognition and education. Read how this could refine diagnosis.",
            "content": "Distinguishing between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia is often difficult since the two conditions share many biological traits.\nA team at King’s College London identified separate genetic pathways for each, finding that markers unique to schizoph... [4431 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/news/genetic-study-separates-schizophrenia-and-bipolar-disorder-pathways-409998",
            "image": "https://assets.technologynetworks.com/production/dynamic/images/content/409998/brain-sd-52469-640x360.jpg?cb=20260224",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T17:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0d97a1f54e94607ea2182e5b97f9f8ce",
                "name": "Technology Networks",
                "url": "https://www.technologynetworks.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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