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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": 35304,
"articles": [
{
"id": "ba31942644046a2d833555b75a9b0692",
"title": "David Sandford used firearms licence to buy guns for dad, who gave them to gang associate",
"description": "David Sandford thought he was using his firearms licence to buy rifles, shotguns and ammunition to protect his father, who had come into his life only a few...",
"content": "Sandford became the holder of a standard New Zealand firearms licence in 2019 when he was 16.\nHis biological father, Allan Johnson, had come into his life only three or four years before the offending.\nThe agreed facts said a Black Power associate me... [4709 chars]",
"url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/david-sandford-used-firearms-licence-to-buy-guns-for-dad-who-gave-them-to-gang-associate/BX5BFCIKJNFIDC3UELEKAWB7YA/",
"image": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/VIWQCHLWZRF4PLS7EW7LPVD24M.jpg?auth=779c257da50a3ad05ee7666250bfd66aa9e12635efb134f88a05c4a30da57d69&width=1200&height=675&quality=70&smart=true",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-10T08:00:44Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "a086bc2011f6ea09f34f87b9ef0a588b",
"name": "NZ Herald",
"url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz"
}
},
{
"id": "e5555ae432d6898243646dcf95d80de0",
"title": "What to know about British elections that hammered Starmer's Labour",
"description": "As the final results came in, Labour suffered a net loss of more than 1100 local council seats across England.",
"content": "British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged to revive his struggling government but faced growing calls today to resign after a disastrous set of local and regional elections for his Labour Party.\nAs the final results came in today, Labour suffered a... [6113 chars]",
"url": "https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/05/10/what-to-know-about-british-elections-that-hammered-starmers-labour/",
"image": "https://tvnz-1-news-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/british-prime-minister-sir-keir-starmer-speaking-to-the-medi-KRYO5Z4G7JCPBERLHFQJTUSF4U.jpg?auth=27b4adc2c030f421bb38c93bf7d315ded1c370e2149c50d72f2b80a63325fe8c&quality=70&width=600&height=315&focal=512%2C288",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-10T07:03:07Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "9b3921fcecffb9abd8da549eacb0a84a",
"name": "1News",
"url": "https://www.1news.co.nz"
}
},
{
"id": "a7d29d7f87075f4aa0f955296d199adb",
"title": "Government taking 10 initiatives to safeguard undersea internet and power cables",
"description": "A new report shows, compared to international best practice for safeguarding internet and power cables, New Zealand is \"generally well set up\".",
"content": "The government is taking 10 initiatives to protect vital undersea Internet and power cables.\nSabotage and accidental damage of cables in Europe and Asia have sparked efforts there to safeguard them better.\nA newly released government report showed, c... [3282 chars]",
"url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/594779/government-taking-10-initiatives-to-safeguard-undersea-internet-and-power-cables",
"image": "https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--eTlfwmXp--/t_tohu-badge-facebook/v1768948355/4JUGK1S_Media_6_jfif?_a=BACCd2AD",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-10T07:02:31Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "79971a6b38016604095f88394b17172a",
"name": "RNZ",
"url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz"
}
}
]
}