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": 6022,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "eed6833751ead8cc2b42257a2f747510",
            "title": "Dr Libby: How To Build Stronger Bones At Every Age (& Why Calcium Is Only The Start)",
            "description": "Viva columnist Dr Libby on the important things to consider to keep your bones strong and healthy. When people think about bone health, the conversation will...",
            "content": "Viva columnist Dr Libby on the important things to consider to keep your bones strong and healthy.\nWhen people think about bone health, the conversation will often start and end with calcium. Maybe a supplement is needed, maybe it’s a conscious effor... [5445 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/viva/life/dr-libby-how-to-build-stronger-bones-at-every-age-why-calcium-is-only-the-start/premium/G5GGYAOTZFHKTHM6EVQGGH3TTQ/",
            "image": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/FEFWNGL5GND5XHIMPMIUVDSGWA.jpg?auth=8d52bc2c35785b67df58a2f58af95fbd82535451d9b8c74c1b018909367fa833&width=1200&height=675&quality=70&focal=1045%2C691&smart=false",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-27T03:04:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a086bc2011f6ea09f34f87b9ef0a588b",
                "name": "NZ Herald",
                "url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "55e1272d55a2f53da10a886a1efdf4a3",
            "title": "Chocolate fish for cystic fibrosis",
            "description": "Chocolate fish for cystic fibrosis",
            "content": "At just five years old, Poppy Shelton has already been hospitalised three times because of cystic fibrosis, and now she is selling chocolate fish to help others with the genetic disease.\nShe points out tiny scars on her arms where intravenous lines h... [2063 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.topsouthnow.co.nz/news/69e561ae2b7137038bf8a9bf",
            "image": "https://f000.backblazeb2.com/file/images-nelson-app/2026/04/54l61slpnmo6dv1t2.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T23:23:37Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0770a43ff8d428bb1636e304af0964e1",
                "name": "Top South Now",
                "url": "https://www.topsouthnow.co.nz"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e5988a9b6e48aaed993f28ca729bb9c8",
            "title": "Coffee May Boost Your Mood And Brainpower, Even Without Caffeine",
            "description": "Drinking coffee may lift your mood and boost your cognitive performance, even without the added buzz of caffeine.",
            "content": "Drinking coffee may lift your mood and boost your cognitive performance, even without the added buzz of caffeine.\nA new study has compared caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee and found that they both have potential perks for the gut, mood, and behav... [4334 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sciencealert.com/coffee-may-boost-your-mood-and-brainpower-even-without-caffeine",
            "image": "https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/04/CoffeeCaffeine.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T18:03:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "76a2943c768c5c3be7d790e609b40403",
                "name": "ScienceAlert",
                "url": "https://www.sciencealert.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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