RNZ API endpoint
Returns the latest RNZ (Radio New Zealand) stories for one section. `section` is required and takes one of 19 slugs such as `news`, `national`, `political`, `business`, `pacific`, `te-manu-korihi` or `weather`; others return a 400. Each item has its title, URL, summary and publication time. Smaller sections can carry items from earlier weeks, so check `published_at`.
/rnz/headlinesQuery parameter: section is required and must be one of news, national, world, political, business, pacific, sport, health, education, community, country, regional, te-manu-korihi, on-the-inside, in-depth, indonz, ldr, chinese, weather. Any other value returns a 400 invalid-params error before RNZ is contacted. Use /api/v1/rnz/sections for the display names.
Each call makes one upstream request. A section feed can carry a few items from earlier weeks (the smaller feeds refresh slowly), so check published_at.
| Field | Filled in, of 51 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 51 | median 72 characters |
| url | 51 | rnz.co.nz |
| summary | 51 | median 130 characters |
| published_at | 51 | 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13 |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| section | string | Yes | RNZ section slug Allowed values: news, national, world, political, business, pacific, sport, health, education, community, country, regional, te-manu-korihi, on-the-inside, in-depth, indonz, ldr, chinese, weather. | news | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/rnz/headlines?section=news" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"section": "political",
"items": [
{
"title": "Mayors left stunned by Government's council amalgamation U-turn",
"url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1564050/mayors-left-stunned-by-government-s-council-amalgamation-u-turn",
"summary": "Wellington's mayor is pointing to a lack of support inside government as the reason for the U-turn.",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T20:58:13Z"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.headlinesResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | newsplatform.HeadlinesResponse | No | ||||
| data.items | array | No | HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under RNZ top stories API. | |||
| data.section | string | No |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/rnz/headlines?section=news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"