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": 6384,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2dac4be2d3135e40188941a76753f007",
            "title": "Back-to-back powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela, killing at least 32",
            "description": "A 7.2-magnitude earthquake was followed by a stronger 7.5 tremor, damaging buildings in the Venezuelan capital and prompting warnings of further aftershocks.",
            "content": "Powerful back-to-back earthquakes struck off the coast of Venezuela, killing at least 32 people and injuring 700 others.\nThe 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes roiled the region, causing widespread damage, collapsing buildings and sending panicked res... [6696 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/06/25/back-to-back-powerful-earthquakes-hit-venezuela-killing-at-least-32/",
            "image": "https://tvnz-1-news-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/people-walk-amid-debris-after-an-earthquake-in-caracas-venez-OGOR5452P5F2ZEO672LQB5CNXE.jpg?auth=d7722f2d77de54078ee3348d48af995d3fd94b087eb5e36d0e04caad29cb41dc&quality=70&width=600&height=315&focal=2326%2C1172",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-25T10:33:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9b3921fcecffb9abd8da549eacb0a84a",
                "name": "1News",
                "url": "https://www.1news.co.nz"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b4c147c8a60fff7541a3e903497cab3f",
            "title": "Bail denied in Queensland murder case after claim victim drowned",
            "description": "A man accused of murdering his ex-partner and throwing her body in a river has been denied bail after arguing she may have drowned.",
            "content": "A Queensland man accused of murdering his ex-partner and throwing her body in a river has been denied bail after arguing she may have drowned.\nCrystal Beale's body was found in the Brisbane River by a rower in February 2025, hours after a family dinn... [2459 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/06/25/bail-denied-in-queensland-murder-case-after-claim-victim-drowned/",
            "image": "https://tvnz-1-news-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/rystal-beales-body-was-found-in-the-brisbane-river-by-a-rowe-LKQCEFRMBRD2XGJTS7LXZHQZCM.jpg?auth=793e0a6c7ab036f91052b11416c560d6dda2447c1bd427acb8880d7e8ae72619&quality=70&width=600&height=315&focal=100%2C157",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-25T07:37:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9b3921fcecffb9abd8da549eacb0a84a",
                "name": "1News",
                "url": "https://www.1news.co.nz"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "59032dde7e3c5b9625339a0c023ec04c",
            "title": "Podcaster Tobias Nuttall jailed for life for murder of girlfriend in her Perth home",
            "description": "WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing.",
            "content": "By David Weber, ABC News\nWARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing.\nA conspiracy theorist podcaster who stabbed his girlfriend to death with a 25-centimetre-long dagger in her suburban Perth home has been sentenced to lif... [3523 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/621466/podcaster-tobias-nuttall-jailed-for-life-for-murder-of-girlfriend-in-her-perth-home",
            "image": "https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--OgxMKisR--/t_tohu-badge-facebook/f_auto/q_auto/4JMGWQX_a28ceabbfe8b5c0e1b534807328c83e1_avif",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-25T06:32:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "79971a6b38016604095f88394b17172a",
                "name": "RNZ",
                "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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