gistfile1.m

/*  
 *  <events>
 *    <event>
 *      <name>My name</name>
 *    </event>
 *  </events>
 */

#import <libxml/xmlmemory.h>
#import <libxml/parser.h>
#import <libxml/tree.h>

#define URL @"http://path.to.url/stuff"

- (NSArray *)events {
    NSMutableArray *events = [NSMutableArray array];

    NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:URL];
    NSData *xmlData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:url];

    NSString *xml = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:xmlData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

    xmlDocPtr doc = xmlParseMemory([xml UTF8String], [xml lengthOfBytesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]);
    xmlNodePtr node = xmlDocGetRootElement(doc);

    xmlNodePtr cur_node = node->children;

    for(cur_node = node->children; cur_node; cur_node = cur_node->next) {
        if(strcmp((char *)cur_node->name, "event") == 0) {
            xmlNodePtr event_cur_node;
            
            for(event_cur_node = cur_node->children; event_cur_node; event_cur_node = event_cur_node->next) {
                if(strcmp("event", event_cur_node->name)) {
                    xmlChar *event_element_value = xmlNodeListGetString(doc, event_cur_node->children, 1);
                    
                    NSLog(@"Event %s %s", event_cur_node->name, event_element_value);
                    
                    if(!strcmp(event_cur_node->name, "name")) {
                        // Convert to NSString
                        NSLog([[NSString alloc] initWithUTF8String:event_element_value]]);
                    }
                }
            }
            
            [events addObject:event];
            [event release];
        } else {
            NSLog(@"Else %s", cur_node->name);			
        }
    }

    xmlFreeDoc(doc);
    xmlCleanupParser();

    return events;
}