Top News Websites in New Zealand
The top 10 most visited news websites in New Zealand by Ahrefs organic search traffic estimates. Updated monthly.
February 2026
| Rank | Website | Search traffic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nzherald.co.nz |
2M
-94.3K
|
-94.3K | |
| 2 | ↑1 | nytimes.com |
1.7M
+95.6K
|
+95.6K |
| 3 | ↓1 | stuff.co.nz |
1.6M
-165.3K
|
-165.3K |
| 4 | bbc.com |
848.9K
+181.2K
|
+181.2K | |
| 5 | yahoo.com |
631.6K
+76.1K
|
+76.1K | |
| 6 | ↑1 | 1news.co.nz |
421.4K
-26K
|
-26K |
| 7 | ↓1 | rnz.co.nz |
407.7K
-69.4K
|
-69.4K |
| 8 | theguardian.com |
335.1K
+28.3K
|
+28.3K | |
| 9 | ↑6 | thepost.co.nz |
169K
+70.2K
|
+70.2K |
| 10 | ↑4 | aljazeera.com |
167.7K
+65.4K
|
+65.4K |
Top Trending Websites
Websites that changed positions within the top 100 rankings in February 2026.
Trending up
↑6
#10
aljazeera.com
↑4
#2
nytimes.com
↑1
#6
1news.co.nz
↑1
#4
bbc.com
#5
yahoo.com
#3
stuff.co.nz
↑1
#7
rnz.co.nz
↑1
Trending down
#3
stuff.co.nz
↓1
#7
rnz.co.nz
↓1
#4
bbc.com
#5
yahoo.com
#2
nytimes.com
↓1
#6
1news.co.nz
↓1
#10
aljazeera.com
↓4
↓6