Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party has watered down a parliamentary proposal to accuse China of genocide. The Pacific nation has taken a softer stance than the US and UK.

On International Women's Day, three major world leaders drew attention to how women have been impacted disproportionately by the coronavirus pandemic. They called for equality and protection from gender-based violence.

People walk to the top of a hill as tsunami sirens ring through the Bay of Islands, in the far north of New Zealand's North Island.

An 8-magnitude quake has struck off the coast of New Zealand, with authorities urging residents near the epicenter to evacuate to higher ground "immediately."

This year's women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand is set to be pushed back until next year after the sport's global governing body said it was difficult to host the event as planned due to uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rescuers successfully refloat 28 pilot whales after they became stranded on a notorious stretch of New Zealand's coast, but the mammals remain close to shore and could beach themselves again, wildlife officials said.

New Zealand's most watched albatross egg, the focus of a 24-hour livestream of the northern royal albatross colony, has cracked, with the chick now back in the nest with its parents.

Survivors and family members of victims of last year's mass shootings at two New Zealand mosques say they still have trouble sleeping, enjoying life, and providing for their families.

The sentencing of an Australian white supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand -- and live-streamed the massacre -- was set to begin amid tight security in a Christchurch court.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern delays New Zealand's looming election by four weeks to October 17 after a renewed coronavirus outbreak hampers campaigning.

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A glacier in New Zealand has lost enough water through ice melt over three years to provide drinking water to every citizen for the same period. Scientists say many glaciers are in danger of disappearing completely.