Add an Event
Upcoming events are listed here:
👉 https://www.reomaori.co.nz/events
Each card in the event grid corresponds to a published upcoming event, managed in NationBuilder:
🔧 Manage events in NationBuilder
#📝 Add via the Event Form
Admins and users can submit events using the Create Event form:
🧾 https://www.reomaori.co.nz/create-event
Required Fields (Form Validations)
- Headline
- Event date & time
- Length (in minutes)
- Event URL
- Location (Online or In-person)
- Venue name
- City
- Event Fee (Free, Koha, or Paid)
Optional Fields
- Address
- Postcode
- Takiwā | Region
- Event Image
- Description
- Filter tags (see below)
When a user submits an event via the form, a tag is added to track authorship:
author:USERID
🛠 Add via the Control Panel (Advanced)
Admins may also manually create or edit events in the NationBuilder control panel.
Required Field Mappings
| Display Element | NationBuilder Field |
|---|---|
| Event Name | Headline |
| Description | Settings → Intro → Intro text |
| Event URL | website_url:FULL_URL tag |
| Time, Length, Venue | Settings → Basic |
| Region (Location) | Settings → State (use location_XXX) |
| Online/In-person | Tag: filter_Online or filter_In-person |
| Fee Type | Tag: filter_price_free, filter_price_koha, or filter_price_paid |
| Event Image | Upload as page attachment |
👉 For simplicity, we recommend submitting via the form and editing in the control panel if needed.
🏷 Filter Tags (Whitelist)
Filter tags enable users to sort and search events. All tags must follow the format filter_XXX.
Supported Tags
filter_Activityfilter_Celebrationfilter_Entertainmentfilter_Learnfilter_Meet_upfilter_Seminarfilter_Whānau-friendlyfilter_Onlinefilter_In-person
Price Filter Tags
filter_price_freefilter_price_Kohafilter_price_Paid
📍 Valid Region (Location) Tags
These values must be set in the event’s State field using the format:
location_Region_Name
Valid values:
- location_Te_Tai_Tokerau_|_Northland
- location_Tāmaki_Makaurau_|_Auckland
- location_Waikato
- location_Te_Moana-ā-Toi_|_Bay_of_Plenty
- location_Te_Tai_Rāwhiti_|_Gisborne
- location_Te_Matau-a-Māui_|_Hawke’s_Bay
- location_Taranaki
- location_Manawatū-Whanganui
- location_Wairarapa
- location_Te_Whanganui-a-Tara_|_Wellington
- location_Te_Tai-o-Aorere_|_Tasman
- location_Whakatū_|_Nelson
- location_Te_Tauihu-o-te-waka_|_Marlborough
- location_Te_Tai_o_Poutini_|_West_Coast
- location_Ōtautahi_|_Christchurch
- location_Kā_Pākihi_Whakatekateka_o_Waitaha_|_Canterbury
- location_Ōtepoti_|_Dunedin
- location_Ōtākou_|_Otago
- location_Murihiku_|_Southland
- location_Rakiura_|_Stewart_Island
- location_Rēkohu/Wharekauri_|_Chatham_Islands
- location_Overseas
⚠️ If this tag is incorrect, the location filter will not function.
🙋 Need Help?
If you encounter issues creating or updating an event, please reach out to For Purpose — we’re happy to help!