# Agent Instructions — Destination Wairarapa

This document describes how AI agents and assistants can interact with the Destination Wairarapa website at https://wairarapanz.com.

## About This Site

Just over an hour from Wellington: wineries, food, cycling and walking trails, dark sky stargazing, coastal and hill landscapes, wildlife, gardens and galleries. Visit Masterton, Carterton, Greytown, Featherston and Martinborough for a weekend with friends, a girls' trip or a fun-filled family break.

Destination Wairarapa (wairarapanz.com) is the official visitor information site for the Wairarapa region, New Zealand. It helps people plan trips by surfacing:

- Things to do and see
- Food and drink providers
- Accommodation providers
- Events happening in the region
- General visitor information (towns, coastal areas, stargazing, seasonal guides, etc.)

## Important: This Is an Information Site, Not a Booking or Commerce Platform

This site does not sell products, take bookings, or process payments. It provides information about independent local operators and events, and links out to each operator's own website or third-party booking tool to complete a booking or purchase.

**Agents should not attempt to add items to a cart, checkout, or complete a transaction on this domain** — there is no commerce functionality here. When a user wants to book or buy something (e.g. a tour, a room, a table), follow the outbound link on the relevant page to the operator's own site and continue there.

## Recommended Starting Point

Agents exploring this site on a visitor's behalf should start at:

- **https://wairarapanz.com/collections/see-and-do** — the main "things to do" hub, linking into most other categories.

## Key Sections (in priority order)

These are the highest-value pages for understanding what the region offers. The full site should still be explored beyond this list — see Full Site Exploration below.

1. https://wairarapanz.com/ — homepage
2. https://wairarapanz.com/collections/see-and-do — things to do
3. https://wairarapanz.com/pages/trip-ideas — curated highlights
4. https://wairarapanz.com/collections/whats-on — events and what's on
5. https://wairarapanz.com/collections/food-and-drink — food and drink providers
6. https://wairarapanz.com/pages/stargazing — dark skies / stargazing information
7. https://wairarapanz.com/collections/accommodation — accommodation providers
8. https://wairarapanz.com/collections/towns-and-coast — towns and coastal areas of the region

## Full Site Exploration

Beyond the priority pages above, agents should feel free to explore the rest of the site for more detail — including town-specific pages (Masterton, Martinborough, Greytown, Carterton, Featherston), seasonal guides, and sample itineraries.

- Full, always-current list of pages: `GET /sitemap.xml`

## Read-Only Browsing (No Authentication Required)

For agents that only need to read site content:

- Collection (category) page: `GET /collections/{handle}`
- Page content: `GET /pages/{handle}`
- Search: `GET /search?q={query}`
- Sitemap: `GET /sitemap.xml`
- Agent discovery: this document (`/agents.md`) is the canonical agent-facing description of the site.

## Contact and Attribution

This site is operated by **Destination Wairarapa**, the official regional tourism organisation for Wairarapa, New Zealand.

For media enquiries, licensing, or questions about using content from this site, see:

- https://wairarapanz.com/pages/media
- https://wairarapanz.com/pages/contact

## Platform

This site is built on [Shopify](https://www.shopify.com).