Consumers price index (CPI)
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.
Latest information releases
Consumers price index: December 2024 quarter
The consumers price index (CPI) measures the rate of price change of goods and services purchased by New Zealand households.
Consumers price index: September 2024 quarter
The consumers price index (CPI) measures the rate of price change of goods and services purchased by New Zealand households.
Consumers price index: June 2024 quarter
The consumers price index (CPI) measures the rate of price change of goods and services purchased by New Zealand households.
Consumers price index: March 2024 quarter
The consumers price index (CPI) measures the rate of price change of goods and services purchased by New Zealand households.
More data
Use Infoshare to access the CPI time series:
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
