Find nearby New Zealand places by name
Turn a place-name question into close point-of-interest matches without stopping to search across multiple sites.
Trigger
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Action
NZ POI Autocomplete
Tool to perform interactive search for points of interest in New Zealand. Use when you need to find POIs like hospitals, cafes, or schools based on partial name matching.
Why this helps
Finding a named local place can send a busy founder through a distracting chain of tabs.
- Search for named places such as cafes, schools, and hospitals.
- Return close name matches while the request is fresh.
- Keep the location search and results together.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Addressfinder to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal, or ask Notis to make one conversationally.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to find New Zealand points of interest named in Slack messages and report likely matches.
- 4Pick the Slack channel-message trigger, choose a run-report channel, and test with one real place name.
Questions about this workflow
Which types of places can I search?
The action searches New Zealand points of interest, including hospitals, cafes, and schools.
Can I get full details for a match?
Yes. Select a match and use Get NZ POI Metadata to retrieve its full details.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
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Slack triggers
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Recurring trigger
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