The consumers price index (CPI) is a measure of inflation for New Zealand households. It records changes in the price of goods and services. It influences interest rates and is used to calculate changes to benefit payments.
| Quarter | Annual percentage change |
| Mar-20 | 2.5 |
| Jun-20 | 1.5 |
| Sep-20 | 1.4 |
| Dec-20 | 1.4 |
| Mar-21 | 1.5 |
| Jun-21 | 3.3 |
| Sep-21 | 4.9 |
| Dec-21 | 5.9 |
| Mar-22 | 6.9 |
| Jun-22 | 7.3 |
| Sep-22 | 7.2 |
| Dec-22 | 7.2 |
| Mar-23 | 6.7 |
| Jun-23 | 6 |
| Sep-23 | 5.6 |
| Dec-23 | 4.7 |
| Mar-24 | 4 |
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Subject category: Economic indicators
Group: Consumers price index
CSV files for download – the latest data from Infoshare and our information releases.
Consumers price index visualisation – explore changes in the CPI basket of goods and services.
Definitions and metadata
Consumers price index concepts – DataInfo+ gives definitions of terms used in this release and general methodology used to produce the CPI and related metadata.
Consumers price index – DataInfo+ gives general methodology used to produce the CPI and related metadata.
What is the consumers price index? – infographic
