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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": 28800,
"articles": [
{
"id": "6a86caec1fc11dc31f0b4262f27936d7",
"title": "Kiwi space station experiment a success",
"description": "A New Zealand experiment on the International Space Station has proved a superconducting system can survive a power failure.",
"content": "A New Zealand experiment on the International Space Station has proved a superconducting system can survive a power failure.\nVictoria University's small Hēki magnet power system has been looking into new ways to propel spaceships for six months.\nThe ... [1095 chars]",
"url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/590702/kiwi-space-station-experiment-a-success",
"image": "https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--d5jcN40---/t_tohu-badge-facebook/v1724811714/4KKQK3I_ISS_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD",
"publishedAt": "2026-03-26T01:00:06Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "79971a6b38016604095f88394b17172a",
"name": "RNZ",
"url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz"
}
},
{
"id": "da6d93b4584c2f2f40932d4e5f715817",
"title": "Mount street closes amid heavy rain forecast",
"description": "Mount street closes amid heavy rain forecast",
"content": "Adams Ave in Mount Maunganui will be temporarily closed to vehicles from 5pm today, as heavy rain is forecast to affect the region.\nThe closure follows geotechnical advice warning of increased risks on Mauao due to the expected rainfall, the Tauranga... [757 chars]",
"url": "https://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/379617-mount-street-closes-amid-heavy-rain-forecast.html",
"image": "https://cdn.sunlive.co.nz/images/sunlive/260326SLSPADAMSAVE01.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-03-25T23:30:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "5eb356cc798cd7e0691d4f5c8383576f",
"name": "SunLive",
"url": "https://www.sunlive.co.nz"
}
},
{
"id": "ea8a67ad1cdb86f137bc01f786ee9179",
"title": "Teacher hospitalised, student in custody after incident at Tuakau College",
"description": "The school was locked down this morning, with a young person taken into custody following the incident involving a teacher.",
"content": "A student has been taken into custody after an incident involving a teacher which prompted Tuakau College in north Waikato to be locked down this morning.\nCounties Manukau CIB Detective Inspector Shaun Vickers said emergency services were called to t... [745 chars]",
"url": "https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/03/26/teacher-hospitalised-student-in-custody-after-incident-at-tuakau-college/",
"image": "https://tvnz-1-news-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/tuakau-college-PWMU2VT4MJDEZEAJ3TFH2RFJTU.png?auth=66b7f7be6656e5d5ae22b299dfa399e3d788886dcba6372291153f6fa2b40a45&quality=70&width=600&height=315&focal=428%2C287",
"publishedAt": "2026-03-25T23:23:02Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "9b3921fcecffb9abd8da549eacb0a84a",
"name": "1News",
"url": "https://www.1news.co.nz"
}
}
]
}