diff --git a/automation/node.go b/automation/node.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	maas "github.com/juju/gomaasapi"
+)
+
+// MaasNodeStatus MAAS lifecycle status for nodes
+type MaasNodeStatus int
+
+// MAAS Node Statuses
+const (
+	Invalid             MaasNodeStatus = -1
+	New                 MaasNodeStatus = 0
+	Commissioning       MaasNodeStatus = 1
+	FailedCommissioning MaasNodeStatus = 2
+	Missing             MaasNodeStatus = 3
+	Ready               MaasNodeStatus = 4
+	Reserved            MaasNodeStatus = 5
+	Deployed            MaasNodeStatus = 6
+	Retired             MaasNodeStatus = 7
+	Broken              MaasNodeStatus = 8
+	Deploying           MaasNodeStatus = 9
+	Allocated           MaasNodeStatus = 10
+	FailedDeployment    MaasNodeStatus = 11
+	Releasing           MaasNodeStatus = 12
+	FailedReleasing     MaasNodeStatus = 13
+	DiskErasing         MaasNodeStatus = 14
+	FailedDiskErasing   MaasNodeStatus = 15
+)
+
+var names = []string{"New", "Commissioning", "FailedCommissioning", "Missing", "Ready", "Reserved",
+	"Deployed", "Retired", "Broken", "Deploying", "Allocated", "FailedDeployment",
+	"Releasing", "FailedReleasing", "DiskErasing", "FailedDiskErasing"}
+
+func (v MaasNodeStatus) String() string {
+	return names[v]
+}
+
+// FromString lookup the constant value for a given node state name
+func FromString(name string) (MaasNodeStatus, error) {
+	for i, v := range names {
+		if v == name {
+			return MaasNodeStatus(i), nil
+		}
+	}
+	return -1, fmt.Errorf("Unknown MAAS node state name, '%s'", name)
+}
+
+// MaasNode convenience wrapper for an MAAS node on top of a generic MAAS object
+type MaasNode struct {
+	maas.MAASObject
+}
+
+// GetString get attribute value as string
+func (n *MaasNode) GetString(key string) (string, error) {
+	return n.GetMap()[key].GetString()
+}
+
+// GetFloat64 get attribute value as float64
+func (n *MaasNode) GetFloat64(key string) (float64, error) {
+	return n.GetMap()[key].GetFloat64()
+}
+
+// ID get the system id of the node
+func (n *MaasNode) ID() string {
+	id, _ := n.GetString("system_id")
+	return id
+}
+
+func (n *MaasNode) PowerState() string {
+	state, _ := n.GetString("power_state")
+	return state
+}
+
+// Hostname get the hostname
+func (n *MaasNode) Hostname() string {
+	hn, _ := n.GetString("hostname")
+	return hn
+}
+
+// MACs get the MAC Addresses
+func (n *MaasNode) MACs() []string {
+	macsObj, _ := n.GetMap()["macaddress_set"]
+	macs, _ := macsObj.GetArray()
+	if len(macs) == 0 {
+		return []string{}
+	}
+	result := make([]string, len(macs))
+	for i, mac := range macs {
+		obj, _ := mac.GetMap()
+		addr, _ := obj["mac_address"]
+		s, _ := addr.GetString()
+		result[i] = s
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
+// Zone get the zone
+func (n *MaasNode) Zone() string {
+	zone := n.GetMap()["zone"]
+	attrs, _ := zone.GetMap()
+	v, _ := attrs["name"].GetString()
+	return v
+}
+
+// GetInteger get attribute value as integer
+func (n *MaasNode) GetInteger(key string) (int, error) {
+	v, err := n.GetMap()[key].GetFloat64()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return int(v), nil
+}