Data Govt Nz

liveGovernmentGeography

data.govt.nz CKAN — search and browse New Zealand government open datasets, organizations, groups, and resources.

11tools
0msauth
free tier50 calls/day

Tools

package_list

New Zealand open data catalogue (data.govt.nz CKAN) — paginated list of all dataset slugs/names. Use to enumerate available datasets before fetching details with package_show.

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package_show

New Zealand open data catalogue (data.govt.nz CKAN) — full metadata for a dataset by ID/slug: title, description, resources (download URLs + formats), organization, tags, and license.

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organization_list

New Zealand open data catalogue (data.govt.nz CKAN) — list NZ government organizations that publish datasets. Pass all_fields=true to return names and descriptions instead of just IDs.

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organization_show

New Zealand open data catalogue (data.govt.nz CKAN) — full profile for a publishing organization by ID: name, description, and optionally their list of published datasets.

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group_list

New Zealand open data catalogue (data.govt.nz CKAN) — list thematic groups/categories used to organise NZ open datasets. Pass all_fields=true for names and descriptions.

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group_show

New Zealand open data catalogue (data.govt.nz CKAN) — full detail for a thematic group by ID: title, description, and optionally the datasets it contains.

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tag_list

New Zealand open data catalogue (data.govt.nz CKAN) — list all dataset tags, optionally filtered by query string. Use to browse taxonomy before filtering package_search by tag.

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tag_show

New Zealand open data catalogue (data.govt.nz CKAN) — detail for a single tag by name/ID, optionally including the list of datasets tagged with it.

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recently_changed_packages

New Zealand open data catalogue (data.govt.nz CKAN) — datasets most recently created or updated, paginated by limit/offset. Use to monitor NZ government open data activity.

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resource_show

New Zealand open data catalogue (data.govt.nz CKAN) — metadata for a single resource (file/download) by resource ID: URL, format, size, description, and last modified date.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/data-govt-nz/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/data-govt-nz/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"package_list","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("package_list", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("data");