RBNZ Data

Goal

Find RBNZ public statistics datasets/resources through the data.govt.nz catalogue, then fetch official rbnz.govt.nz public XLSX/chart endpoints using browser-compatible request headers.

CLI

python3 skills/rbnz-data/scripts/cli.py search "interest rates" --json
python3 skills/rbnz-data/scripts/cli.py dataset exchange-rates --json
python3 skills/rbnz-data/scripts/cli.py exchange-rates --limit 3 --json
python3 skills/rbnz-data/scripts/cli.py download exchange-rates --match daily --preview
python3 skills/rbnz-data/scripts/cli.py chart retail-rates --limit 5 --json

Commands:

• search QUERY [--limit N] [--json] - RBNZ-only data.govt.nz catalogue search
• dataset ID_OR_NAME [--json] - package metadata and resource URLs
• exchange-rates [--limit N] [--json] - small CKAN datastore preview for the RBNZ exchange-rates resource where available
• download DATASET [--match TEXT] [--preview] [--output PATH] [--json] - fetch a matching official RBNZ public XLSX resource and optionally preview worksheet rows
• chart {twi,retail-rates} - fetch public RBNZ chart-cache JSON used on the Statistics page

Resources

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