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New Zealand News API
Get the live top headlines from New Zealand with our JSON API.
Get API key for the New Zealand News APIAPI 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=general&apikey=API_KEY
{
"totalArticles": 28810,
"articles": [
{
"id": "aa92dbeac1841c15c6669b28d3e1df16",
"title": "Hamilton man Karl Barnett found guilty of driving dangerously, causing the death of a pedestrian",
"description": "A judge has found that a man who suffered a seizure-like event while behind the wheel and killed a pedestrian should not have been driving. Karl Sean...",
"content": "He noted that Barnett, a healthcare assistant, had experienced close to five years of unpredictable seizures or “lock-ups” leading up to the fatal collision.\nThe judge did not accept that the seizures only occurred at night or when Barnett was anxiou... [5153 chars]",
"url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hamilton-man-karl-barnett-found-guilty-of-driving-dangerously-causing-the-death-of-a-pedestrian/OE6EMLKFRZCN3NQQWGN74GFO3U/",
"image": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/37BVCMBBOVFW5CPTLLCQ3QXCXE.jpg?auth=324f541f161622b6392e2eda5d5c5f4468ee65f873e31f43800593f74097b77b&width=1200&height=675&quality=70&focal=556%2C362&smart=false",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-17T06:59:38Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "a086bc2011f6ea09f34f87b9ef0a588b",
"name": "NZ Herald",
"url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz"
}
},
{
"id": "ff2e58c238d5215676dcddec02839119",
"title": "Wet, windy storm to end school holidays as rain sweeps north",
"description": "MetService warns a complex trough will bring heavy rain, strong winds and thunderstorms to parts of the country this weekend, with Saturday shaping as the wettest day.",
"content": "A spell of wet and windy weather is due to close out the school holidays, with a complex trough moving north across the country and bringing heavy rain to some regions over the weekend.\nMetService meteorologist John Law told Breakfast while condition... [3377 chars]",
"url": "https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/04/17/wet-windy-storm-ends-school-holidays-as-rain-sweeps-north/",
"image": "https://tvnz-1-news-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/drenching-downpour-rain-storm-water-is-overflowing-off-the-t-7LAOWVHXJVDKZALNMB6TBCNKZM.jpg?auth=10a8a46f58531df7c843dc49048b6ad5905e49e3074d297533f701eb8b0a1a15&quality=70&width=600&height=315&focal=390%2C219",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-17T06:59:08Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "9b3921fcecffb9abd8da549eacb0a84a",
"name": "1News",
"url": "https://www.1news.co.nz"
}
},
{
"id": "dc9f85cb31728f3abaef84274d6360a7",
"title": "Grim warning from Trucking Association, as impact of rising fuel costs hit consumers",
"description": "Operators are desperately seeking solutions to rising diesel prices, as the Middle East war takes its toll worldwide.",
"content": "NZ Trucking Association chief executive Dave Boyce warns the real cost of the current fuel shortage has not hit consumers yet, as the industry considers ways to reduce the impact on operators.\nBoyce told RNZ's Checkpoint that many operators were not ... [3054 chars]",
"url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/592700/grim-warning-from-trucking-association-as-impact-of-rising-fuel-costs-hit-consumers",
"image": "https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--u6mikT2E--/t_tohu-badge-facebook/v1652669872/4LRUTJF_trucks2_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-17T06:35:52Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "79971a6b38016604095f88394b17172a",
"name": "RNZ",
"url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz"
}
}
]
}