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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": 23246,
"articles": [
{
"id": "b9b40b4794caf1f009f38128cddb2f46",
"title": "Doggy death row: Auckland animal shelter staff shattered as the dog they looked after for 3 years destroyed after court order",
"description": "Some Auckland Animal Shelter Staff were too upset to work and had to take leave on the day a dog they had looked after for three years was destroyed on the...",
"content": "Robert Irvine, Auckland Council’s general manager of licencing and compliance, said even if it takes years to get a court outcome “the dog is held in the shelter the whole time”.\nKorowai, the young American bulldog cross, had been delivered to the Si... [2782 chars]",
"url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/doggy-death-row-auckland-animal-shelter-staff-shattered-as-the-dog-they-looked-after-for-3-years-destroyed-after-court-order/IR2B3PFRRJAVRNY3GLCGRWD3SI/",
"image": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/K3J7SWMOROGGHRZJNW3VQNTHMM.jpg?auth=3162893541c0de4c8a400db78e09337e560683d18e4fe7a6087b2655deb0b4f7&width=1200&height=675&quality=70&focal=1400%2C944&smart=false",
"publishedAt": "2026-02-27T00:01:13Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "a086bc2011f6ea09f34f87b9ef0a588b",
"name": "NZ Herald",
"url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz"
}
},
{
"id": "1c90734b6e7922f0904ac4e99de67524",
"title": "Education Ministry figures reveal teacher shortage worse than previous forecast",
"description": "The gap is much bigger than officials thought, and likely to last for years.",
"content": "Education Ministry figures show the shortage of secondary school teachers is much worse than previously forecast.\nThe ministry today forecast a shortfall of 1220 secondary teachers this year and next, up from last year's projection of 880.\nThe foreca... [1947 chars]",
"url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/588154/education-ministry-figures-reveal-teacher-shortage-worse-than-previous-forecast",
"image": "https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--FEnowO_7--/t_tohu-badge-facebook/v1738706823/4KCGQM3_taylor_flowe_4nKOEAQaTgA_unsplash_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD",
"publishedAt": "2026-02-26T23:27:02Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "79971a6b38016604095f88394b17172a",
"name": "RNZ",
"url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz"
}
},
{
"id": "911dc598ed6f60ce88d716a396c814d8",
"title": "A new space race could turn our atmosphere into a ‘crematorium for satellites’",
"description": "Space may feel separate from the environmental systems that sustain life on Earth. But increasingly, the way we build, launch and dispose of satellites is starting to change that.",
"content": "When we look up at the night sky and see a satellite glide past, we might not consider climate change or the ozone layer.\nSpace may feel separate from the environmental systems that sustain life on Earth. But increasingly, the way we build, launch an... [5479 chars]",
"url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/588153/a-new-space-race-could-turn-our-atmosphere-into-a-crematorium-for-satellites",
"image": "https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--HntD_MsV--/t_tohu-badge-facebook/v1767749280/4JV699M_AFP__20240910__evpe01049__v1__HighRes__Evpe01049_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD",
"publishedAt": "2026-02-26T23:23:07Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "79971a6b38016604095f88394b17172a",
"name": "RNZ",
"url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz"
}
}
]
}