How to get an API of our job profile content

Find out how to access job and industry information through the careers.govt.nz API (application program interface).

What's on this page?

Important update

  • The careers.govt.nz website and Jobs API are being replaced with a new careers planning website, Tahatū Career Navigator, and a new Occupations API.
  • Tahatū Career Navigator is currently being rolled out to secondary schools and will be launched to the public at the end of 2025, at which time the careers.govt.nz website will be decommissioned.
  • If you already have access to the careers.govt.nz API, you’ll be able to continue using it until the website and API is decommissioned at the end of 2025.
  • For more information about Tahatū Career Navigator, please visit the Tertiary Education Commission website.

What does the API give you?

The careers.govt.nz jobs and industries application programming interface (API) lets you access information about more than 400 types of jobs in New Zealand.

Job information on careers.govt.nz covers:

  • jobs by industry

  • what a job involves

  • how to enter the job

  • opportunities associated with the job.

The API makes available two sections of this information:

  • Jobs.

  • Industries.

Getting started

The jobs and industries API is designed to be easy to use. There are, however, a few things you need to know before you start using it.

Pay, entry requirement and job opportunity information is specific to New Zealand, so this API isn't suitable for other countries.

Accessing the API

To get access to the API:

  1. Go to our contact page.
  2. Select 'Request for API access' as the subject.
  3. Send us a message telling us why you'd like the API, and the website you'd like it for.
  4. We will assess your request.
  5. We may send you a Memorandum of Understanding to sign and send back.
  6. After this, we may grant access to the API.

Note: To use the API, you will need an account on careers.govt.nz.

 

Formats supported

The careers.govt.nz API only supports JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) response format.

Creating an API request

To make an API request, you’ll need to know the section and, if applicable, the item you want to retrieve.

Here's an example of an API request in URI format:

https://api.careers.govt.nz/v2/{section}
or
https://api.careers.govt.nz/v2/{section}?{item}

Where the field:

  • section = pageType or controller (jobs or industry)

  • item = data parameters

Updated 9 May 2025