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Consumers price index (CPI): NZ data and downloads

CPI, all groups was 1,359.0 index in Jun 2026 qtr, up 4.1% on a year earlier.

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Source: Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa. Last retrieved 10 October 2026.

Consumers price index (CPI)
Consumers price index (CPI). CPI, all groups, Jun 1914 qtr to Jun 2026 qtr, latest 1359.0.05001,0001,500Jun 1914 qtr: 12.91914193819561974199220092026
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PeriodCPI, all groups (index)
Jun 2026 qtr1359.0
Mar 2026 qtr1339.0
Dec 2025 qtr1327.0
Sep 2025 qtr1319.0
Jun 2025 qtr1306.0
Mar 2025 qtr1299.0
Dec 2024 qtr1287.0
Sep 2024 qtr1280.0
Jun 2024 qtr1272.0
Mar 2024 qtr1267.0
Dec 2023 qtr1259.0
Sep 2023 qtr1253.0
Jun 2023 qtr1231.0
Mar 2023 qtr1218.0
Dec 2022 qtr1203.0
Sep 2022 qtr1186.0
Jun 2022 qtr1161.0
Mar 2022 qtr1142.0
Dec 2021 qtr1122.0
Sep 2021 qtr1106.0
Full data: consumers price index
June 2026 quarterCPI, all groups 1359.0
Consumers price index (CPI). CPI, all groups: 1359.0 in Jun 2026 qtr.

Lines break at accounting-basis changes and missing periods. Source: Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa.

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Consumers price index (CPI): NZ data and downloads: definitions

The CPI measures changes in the prices of goods and services bought by New Zealand households. It is New Zealand's official measure of inflation, published quarterly by Stats NZ, with history back to 1914.

Consumers price index (CPI): NZ data and downloads: comparison limits

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  • An index: compare changes over time, not the level itself.
  • Measures average household prices; individual households' costs differ (see household living-costs price indexes, to be added).

Consumers price index (CPI): NZ data and downloads: data by period

The latest ten periods for up to the first six series. Downloads contain every published observation.

PeriodCPI, all groups
Jun 2026 qtr1,359.0 index
Mar 2026 qtr1,339.0 index
Dec 2025 qtr1,327.0 index
Sep 2025 qtr1,319.0 index
Jun 2025 qtr1,306.0 index
Mar 2025 qtr1,299.0 index
Dec 2024 qtr1,287.0 index
Sep 2024 qtr1,280.0 index
Jun 2024 qtr1,272.0 index
Mar 2024 qtr1,267.0 index

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10 October 2026