Eventfinda NZ

Goal

Query live public Eventfinda New Zealand event listings through a small deterministic CLI with human-readable and JSON output.

Use this when

• A user asks what events are on in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or New Zealand generally
• A workflow needs Eventfinda event titles, URLs, venues, dates, categories, badges, or images
• A user has an Eventfinda event URL/path and wants structured details, sessions, venue address, geo coordinates, or offer/pricing metadata published in the page JSON-LD
• An agent needs a no-login NZ event discovery source before checking venue-specific sources

Do not use this for

• Buying tickets, reserving seats, logging into Eventfinda, or changing account data
• High-volume scraping, full-site mirroring, or alerting that hammers Eventfinda pages
• Private organiser, attendee, sales, or ticket inventory data
• Treating scraped public website structure as a permanent API contract
• The official Eventfinda developer API unless you explicitly have credentials and add a separate authenticated wrapper

Preferred workflow

1. Run scripts/cli.py upcoming --location <slug> for broad discovery
2. Use search <query> for keyword searches such as artists, festivals, venues, or genres
3. Pass the chosen event URL to event <url> for structured JSON-LD details and sessions
4. Use --json for agent chaining, comparisons, or structured summaries
5. Cite Eventfinda event URLs and include the date/venue when reporting findings
6. If a listing has repeated sessions, summarize the first few and mention the total session count

CLI

Run with:

python3 skills/eventfinda-nz/scripts/cli.py <command> [flags]

Commands

• upcoming [--location slug] [--category slug] [--page N] [--limit N] [--json] — list public Eventfinda event cards from a location/category page
• search <query> [--page N] [--limit N] [--json] — search Eventfinda public pages by keyword
• event <url-or-path> [--json] [--raw] — inspect a public Eventfinda event detail page using embedded JSON-LD

Examples:

python3 skills/eventfinda-nz/scripts/cli.py upcoming --location auckland --limit 5
python3 skills/eventfinda-nz/scripts/cli.py upcoming --location wellington --category concerts-gig-guide --limit 5 --json
python3 skills/eventfinda-nz/scripts/cli.py search "jazz" --limit 5 --json
python3 skills/eventfinda-nz/scripts/cli.py event /2026/classic-comedy-all-stars-festival-edition/auckland --json
python3 skills/eventfinda-nz/scripts/cli.py event https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2026/classic-comedy-all-stars-festival-edition/auckland --raw --json

Location and category slugs

The CLI uses Eventfinda website URL slugs. Common locations include:

• new-zealand
• auckland
• wellington
• christchurch
• hamilton
• dunedin
• tauranga

Category slugs are the same path segments Eventfinda uses, for example:

• concerts-gig-guide
• festivals-lifestyle
• performing-arts
• sports-outdoors
• exhibitions
• comedy

If a category/location combination produces no cards, try the broader upcoming --location <slug> page or search <query>.

Resources

• CLI entrypoint: scripts/cli.py
• Live smoke test: scripts/smoke_test.py
• API and website notes: references/api-notes.md

Notes

• No username, password, API key, account cookie, or browser automation is required for the implemented public website commands
• The official api.eventfinda.co.nz/v2 developer API returned 401 Incorrect authentication details supplied without Basic-auth credentials during verification; this skill intentionally uses public website pages instead
• Listing pages are parsed from public HTML event cards; detail pages are parsed from embedded Schema.org JSON-LD
• Eventfinda page markup can change; run the smoke test before relying on this skill in automation
• Keep requests narrow and respectful