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New Zealand World News API

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

Get API key for the New Zealand World 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=world&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 1694,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ba177867f6b5f7b31b0a8bc8de6de271",
            "title": "based marine insurer Maritime Mutual after reported links to Iran and Russian oil shipments",
            "description": "The United Kingdom has sanctioned a New Zealand-based marine insurer after allegations that it provided insurance for dark fleet tankers transporting Iranian...",
            "content": "Police told the Herald in October that officers from its Financial Crime Group searched the offices of Maritime Mutual in Kitchener St, Auckland, and Christchurch, and a private residential address in Auckland, as part of its investigation into alleg... [4951 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/uk-sanctions-new-zealand-based-marine-insurer-maritime-mutual-after-reported-links-to-iran-and-russian-oil-shipments/HB2VIYAWJRBCTMS6FFFEZFGQNE/",
            "image": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/6EY7IIZEMZHE3FFX6LYG3KMFD4.jpg?auth=cafb3f5d865c8074b2af5a4789598e6f56aaf9684108b91519cf0081ad64a205&width=1200&height=675&quality=70&focal=800%2C1455&smart=false",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T19:04:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a086bc2011f6ea09f34f87b9ef0a588b",
                "name": "NZ Herald",
                "url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "feba3e334978b2d4c4a030277974311b",
            "title": "'Absolute shambles': Dual nationals on UK border change",
            "description": "Dual British citizens need UK passports to travel there from today - but can try their luck with an expired passport if they have to.",
            "content": "Dual British citizens need UK passports to travel there from Wednesday - but can try their luck with an expired passport if they have to.\nUK dual citizen Chris Betterton is among those outraged by the change to require British passports, describing i... [3532 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/587843/absolute-shambles-dual-nationals-on-uk-border-change",
            "image": "https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--9vIk35Y5--/t_tohu-badge-facebook/v1768383739/4JUTC6L_NZ_and_GB_passports_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T17:32:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "79971a6b38016604095f88394b17172a",
                "name": "RNZ",
                "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "595eb09f334ae18540710440a72dc41f",
            "title": "Suspect approached Nancy Guthrie’s door before the night of her disappearance, source says",
            "description": "It's another clue in the exhaustive, multi-week search for the mother of \"Today\" show host Savannah Guthrie.",
            "content": "By Randi Kaye and Taylor Romine CNN\nThe masked person seen on the doorbell camera footage of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home the morning she is believed to have been kidnapped was also at her doorstep on another night, a source tells CNN, an... [4626 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/587809/suspect-approached-nancy-guthrie-s-door-before-the-night-of-her-disappearance-source-says",
            "image": "https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--4g4mdHwp--/t_tohu-badge-facebook/v1771903915/4JSP7IV_cnn_L19jb21wb25lbnRzL2ltYWdlL2luc3RhbmNlcy9jbWx6enpycjIwMDAxM2I2NHQ2bTNpamxx_L19jb21wb25lbnRzL2FydGljbGUvaW5zdGFuY2VzL2NtbHp1NGM3OTAwMHkyN3AyNzdnNWczOXg_JPG?_a=BACCd2AD",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T06:44:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "79971a6b38016604095f88394b17172a",
                "name": "RNZ",
                "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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