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New Zealand Nation News API

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

Get API key for the New Zealand Nation 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=nation&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 10470,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ac296e8e9e0d497a41b19b93bfa4ecd5",
            "title": "Lee Kohiti took his own life just months after being released from prison",
            "description": "Warning: This story deals with suicide and may be distressing. Lee Rawiri Kohiti was just 19 when he went to prison for the murder of his cousin in 1995. He...",
            "content": "Now Coroner Bruce Hesketh has released his findings into Kohiti’s death, and issued recommendations about the release of long-term prisoners.\nKohiti was released to a residence set up for parolees, run by Anglican Action Manaaki Atu, and he was requi... [5151 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/lee-kohiti-took-his-own-life-just-months-after-being-released-from-prison/L4OJTY7PXREOVPRKLYEKBRJMGM/",
            "image": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/T2VVLFBB4VCLZIZCQ6FCRASN2A.jpg?auth=020befce3bbf2bf875da31bb1140e1f466dc44442f1dc154aad20201c0dd3a2e&width=1200&height=675&quality=70&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-13T16:00:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a086bc2011f6ea09f34f87b9ef0a588b",
                "name": "NZ Herald",
                "url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "edd2d6e423231827ce2eb2c667f1caa0",
            "title": "Berry nice to meet you: bumper fruit crop could lead to huge mating season for NZ’s endangered kākāpō",
            "description": "After a four-year wait, the abundant fruiting of the rimu tree could inspire the world’s heaviest parrots to boost their population",
            "content": "It has been four long years, but the world’s heaviest parrots, the kākāpō, are finally about to get it on again. The mass fruiting of a native New Zealand tree has triggered breeding season – a rare event conservationists hope will lead to a record n... [3020 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/13/nz-kakapo-mating-season",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/28e8965b40f0d7633fdef6bbffc65a02a6c78e56/368_0_4080_3264/master/4080.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=a36e1dfc261e625dd5171f5da8e0f5e4",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-13T13:46:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "05848655f0ca453c5c965102d6d2a71c",
            "title": "Mountain biker spends 24 hours circling Christchurch McDonald's",
            "description": "Twenty-one-year-old Matthew Fairbrother clocked up 500 kilometres on the ride on Christmas Day",
            "content": "A Christchurch mountain biker spent 24 hours cycling continuous laps around a McDonald's drive-through to test his endurance.\nTwenty-one-year-old Matthew Fairbrother clocked up 500 kilometres on the ride on Christmas Day, which he described as a \"del... [1638 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/583962/mountain-biker-spends-24-hours-circling-christchurch-mcdonald-s",
            "image": "https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--zsbfvbE6--/t_tohu-badge-facebook/v1768298680/4JVV2D2_CYCLE_MCDONALDS_Photo_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-13T10:08:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "79971a6b38016604095f88394b17172a",
                "name": "RNZ",
                "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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