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Govt APIrbnz.govt.nz

Track and monitor Reserve Bank of New Zealand announcements and activities by accessing upcoming and past events with their topics, types, dates, and detailed descriptions. Stay informed about RBNZ monetary policy decisions, speeches, and official releases to plan your financial strategies accordingly.

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get_past_events
get_upcoming_events
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Endpoints
2
Updated
3h ago
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Page number (1-indexed).
Number of results per page (1-50).
Filter by topic name (e.g. 'Monetary policy', 'Financial stability', 'Official Cash Rate'). Values are returned in the available_topics field of a prior response.
Filter by event type (e.g. 'Announcements', 'Media conference', 'Speech', 'External event'). Values are returned in the available_types field of a prior response.
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curl -X GET 'https://api.parse.bot/scraper/8c108587-b9e2-4da8-9f43-a30b9a2008c2/get_upcoming_events?event_type=Announcements' \
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Returns upcoming RBNZ events (those whose end date is today or in the future), sorted by start date ascending. Each event includes title, description, start/end datetimes, topics, event types, and URL. Supports filtering by topic or event type. Paginated via page and limit parameters; omitting both returns the first 10 results.

Input
ParamTypeDescription
pageintegerPage number (1-indexed).
limitintegerNumber of results per page (1-50).
topicstringFilter by topic name (e.g. 'Monetary policy', 'Financial stability', 'Official Cash Rate'). Values are returned in the available_topics field of a prior response.
event_typestringFilter by event type (e.g. 'Announcements', 'Media conference', 'Speech', 'External event'). Values are returned in the available_types field of a prior response.
Response
{
  "type": "object",
  "fields": {
    "page": "integer current page number",
    "limit": "integer results per page",
    "events": "array of event objects with title, description, event_start, event_end, topics, types, url, permanent_id",
    "total_count": "integer total number of matching events",
    "available_types": "array of event type filter values with counts",
    "available_topics": "array of topic filter values with counts"
  },
  "sample": {
    "data": {
      "page": 1,
      "limit": 10,
      "events": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.rbnz.govt.nz/news-and-events/events/2026/september/monetary-policy-statement-and-ocr-september-2026",
          "title": "Monetary Policy Statement and OCR September 2026",
          "types": [
            "Announcements",
            "Media conference"
          ],
          "topics": [
            "Official Cash Rate",
            "Monetary policy"
          ],
          "event_end": "2026-09-02T04:00:00+00:00",
          "description": "We publish our Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) quarterly. This includes any changes to the official cash rate (OCR).",
          "event_start": "2026-09-02T02:00:00+00:00",
          "permanent_id": "A6ED960517144421B9929F5300D2A2DD"
        }
      ],
      "total_count": 15,
      "available_types": [
        {
          "count": 15,
          "value": "Announcements"
        }
      ],
      "available_topics": [
        {
          "count": 3,
          "value": "Financial stability"
        },
        {
          "count": 12,
          "value": "Monetary policy"
        }
      ]
    },
    "status": "success"
  }
}

About the Govt API

The Govt API on Parse exposes 2 endpoints for the publicly available data on rbnz.govt.nz. Calls return JSON over HTTPS and are billed per successful response.

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