data-govt-nz

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data-govt-nz

Description

Search and inspect New Zealand Government open-data catalogue datasets, organisations, resources, and datastore records through the public CKAN API at catalogue.data.govt.nz. Use when the task involves finding NZ public datasets, agencies, downloadable resources, CSV/API links, metadata, or data.govt.nz catalogue records. Read-only and no API key required.

License

MIT

Compatibility

Requires Python 3.10+ and network access for live data

Metadata

thecolab.auth: none · thecolab.pack: nz-public-data · thecolab.risk: low · thecolab.health: healthy · thecolab.writes: false · thecolab.browser: false · thecolab.category: public-data · thecolab.cache_ttl: 24h · thecolab.data_class: public · thecolab.maintainer: @adam91holt · thecolab.skill_type: public-api · thecolab.source_url: https://catalogue.data.govt.nz/api/3/action/ · thecolab.access_mode: public-api · thecolab.source_type: official · thecolab.source_owner: New Zealand Government Chief Data Steward · thecolab.last_verified: 2026-07-19 · thecolab.schema_version: 1 · thecolab.allowed_domains: catalogue.data.govt.nz

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# data.govt.nz Catalogue

## Goal

Query New Zealand's public open-data catalogue through a deterministic no-login CLI backed by the CKAN API.

## Use this when

- A user asks what public NZ datasets exist for a topic
- A workflow needs dataset metadata, organisations, resource URLs, or formats
- A user has a data.govt.nz dataset ID/name and wants details
- A workflow needs a small preview from a CKAN datastore resource

## Do not use this for

- Authenticated agency portals or non-public datasets
- Bulk mirroring the entire catalogue
- Treating catalogue metadata as authoritative source data without checking the linked source resource

## CLI

```bash
python3 skills/data-govt-nz/scripts/cli.py search "water quality" --json
python3 skills/data-govt-nz/scripts/cli.py dataset waterpoint --json
python3 skills/data-govt-nz/scripts/cli.py orgs --limit 20
python3 skills/data-govt-nz/scripts/cli.py resource <resource-id> --limit 5 --json
```

Commands:

- `search QUERY [--limit N] [--json]` - catalogue dataset search
- `dataset ID_OR_NAME [--json]` - full dataset/package metadata
- `orgs [--limit N] [--json]` - list catalogue organisations
- `resource RESOURCE_ID [--limit N] [--json]` - datastore preview when available

## Resources

- CLI: `scripts/cli.py`
- Smoke test: `scripts/smoke_test.py`
- API notes: `references/api-notes.md`

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License

MIT

Repository

github.com/thecolab-ai/.skills

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Oct 24, 2026

Last checked

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