# Search New Zealand consumer product recalls

Preview: Search New Zealand official consumer-product recall notices by product name, category and date range (up to 30 days).

Canonical: https://aroai.com/tools/nz_product_recalls/

## Tool reference

MCP tool ID: `nz_product_recalls`. Availability: Preview. Country: New Zealand.

Credit use: 1 credit.

## Input schema

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "description": "Optional product-name or official-category text to match.",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 120
    },
    "category": {
      "description": "Optional text from the MBIE recall category, such as Children's toys or Vehicles.",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 80
    },
    "since": {
      "description": "Earliest recall date to include, in YYYY-MM-DD format.",
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$"
    },
    "until": {
      "description": "Latest recall date to include, in YYYY-MM-DD format.",
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$"
    },
    "limit": {
      "default": 10,
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 20
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "limit"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Example input

```json
{
  "query": "heaters",
  "category": "Electrical appliances",
  "limit": 10
}
```

## Usage notes

- Covers consumer-product recalls; does not include food recalls or medicines.
- Results provide the official category, hazard summary, recall date and link with CC BY 4.0 attribution.
- Check the official notice for complete affected-item identifiers and remedy instructions.