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New Zealand Science News API

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

Get API key for the New Zealand Science 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=science&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 1206,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "51a2691adecf10c6fc3c025d88b8dcb2",
            "title": "Shenzhou-21 astronauts complete second series of extravehicular activities",
            "description": "The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's orbiting space station completed their mission's second series of extravehicular activities (EVAs) on Monday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).",
            "content": "This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on March 16, 2026 shows Shenzhou-21 astronauts performing extravehicular activities (EVAs) outside China's orbiting space station. The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's orbiting space stati... [2302 chars]",
            "url": "https://english.cctv.com/2026/03/17/ARTIH0UyysVKZcGKJHfWjSd1260317.shtml",
            "image": "https://p4.img.cctvpic.com/photoworkspace/2026/03/17/2026031709452269739.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-17T03:17:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7f915689b0e926156846eb1ffb07c8ea",
                "name": "CCTV.com English",
                "url": "https://english.cctv.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0b9f84cdb7b42435f688aaea1ed27d21",
            "title": "Neanderthals May Have Hunted Giant Elephants that Roamed across Prehistoric Europe",
            "description": "Chemical clues preserved in the teeth of straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) from the 125,000-year-old site of Neumark-Nord in Germany suggest these massive animals traveled hundreds of kilometers -- and that Neanderthals may have deliberately hunted them at the site.",
            "content": "Chemical clues preserved in the teeth of straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) from the 125,000-year-old site of Neumark-Nord in Germany suggest these massive animals traveled hundreds of kilometers — and that Neanderthals may have delib... [2835 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sci.news/paleontology/straight-tusked-elephant-paleoecology-14625.html",
            "image": "https://cdn.sci.news/images/2026/03/image_14625-Palaeoloxodon-antiquus.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-16T23:19:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c74358087a9ef7a865a623801c9a631c",
                "name": "Sci.News",
                "url": "https://www.sci.news"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d44fc5953bc27340a616a7c8aed38000",
            "title": "Sharks ‘have best friends and go swimming together’",
            "description": "Some very large sharks, it turns out, have complex social lives complete with preferred companions and, possibly, frenemies as well, scientists have found",
            "content": "The ocean’s most notorious predators are often depicted as solitary hunters, gliding through the blue with little need for company.\nHowever, a study has suggested the “lone shark” label may often be wrong. Some very large sharks, it turns out, have c... [3556 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/sharks-best-friends-study-fiji-zfwjg2w2q",
            "image": "https://www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/b1f5a07a-5c62-4c7f-a35e-8d46ea8a71f9.gif?strip=all&format=webp&crop=640px%2C360px%2C0px%2C0px&resize=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-16T23:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9e0e1039092ec85a0b069e08b66bb337",
                "name": "The Times",
                "url": "https://www.thetimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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