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": 7846,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b4195afb384788b5300da65bcf7342ca",
            "title": "Reading Between the Lines: Closing the T1D Misdiagnosis Gap",
            "description": "New data from ADA 2026 reveal that assumptions around age, weight, and gestational history are leaving too many T1D patients misclassified — and the clinical consequences are preventable.",
            "content": "Our modern classifications of type 1 diabetes (T1D) first began to take shape in the late 1970s. Following years of research into the disease's underlying causes, the scientific community finally reached consensus, standardizing the nomenclature and ... [4406 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.pharmexec.com/view/closing-t1d-misdiagnosis-gap",
            "image": "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0vv8moc6/pharmexec/d271666bbb21e4e8fc92ebb5893b4b5485a5b776-792x802.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T10:04:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b0f42adc541d2a78ebb2497bbefebb22",
                "name": "PharmExec.com",
                "url": "https://www.pharmexec.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c51bcf32bc73ffae47b9e669a709583a",
            "title": "'False reassurance': Warning over DIY prostate cancer test kits",
            "description": "After TV star Jeremy Clarkson revealed his prostate cancer diagnosis, there’s been a surge in men getting checked – with some doing it themselves at home.",
            "content": "Concerns are growing over men using do-it-yourself prostate cancer test kits without medical oversight.\nMore than a week after British TV star Jeremy Clarkson revealed he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, there’s been a surge ... [1954 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/06/26/false-reassurance-warning-over-diy-prostate-cancer-test-kits/",
            "image": "https://tvnz-1-news-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/jeremy-clarkson-being-treated-for-prostate-cancer-AXWQIPRO6BDXNIMQW34CC3HRQY.png?auth=b5ba5c6b08f42b3e876d5cd4086fbf341e639ad112c168f53673cd5ca1fc9d92&quality=70&width=600&height=315&focal=591%2C548",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T08:49:58Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9b3921fcecffb9abd8da549eacb0a84a",
                "name": "1News",
                "url": "https://www.1news.co.nz"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0820a1ef3cd133fa9156be8b42fbd99c",
            "title": "21yo denied bowel cancer test gets stage 3 diagnosis five years later",
            "description": "Amelia Noyes is just one example of young New Zealanders with bowel cancer who are often misdiagnosed, refused and wait months to find out what's wrong.",
            "content": "A 21-year-old Pasifika woman with a family history of bowel cancer and symptoms was refused for a colonoscopy; five years later she was diagnosed with stage three rectal cancer.\nBy Charlotte Cook of RNZ\nAmelia Noyes is just one example of a study int... [5341 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/06/26/21yo-denied-bowel-cancer-test-gets-stage-3-diagnosis-five-years-later/",
            "image": "https://tvnz-1-news-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/amelia-noyes-XMEJNRQCGREUZLAF4263NWSDYU.jpg?auth=e4e90462c9f6a3df56af06f816497048acaa0b9785e133ab831b5acd489da109&quality=70&width=600&height=315&focal=530%2C318",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T05:11:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9b3921fcecffb9abd8da549eacb0a84a",
                "name": "1News",
                "url": "https://www.1news.co.nz"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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