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Food price index: NZ data and downloads

Food price index, all food was 1,386.0 index in Aug 2026, up 1.9% on a year earlier.

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

Food price index
Food price index. Food price index, all food, Jan 1960 to Aug 2026, latest 1386.0.05001,0001,5001960197119821993200420152026
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PeriodFood price index, all food (index)
Aug 20261386.0
Jul 20261382.0
Jun 20261380.0
May 20261372.0
Apr 20261359.0
Mar 20261359.0
Feb 20261367.0
Jan 20261369.0
Dec 20251341.0
Nov 20251345.0
Oct 20251350.0
Sep 20251354.0
Aug 20251360.0
Jul 20251356.0
Jun 20251346.0
May 20251330.0
Apr 20251324.0
Mar 20251314.0
Feb 20251308.0
Jan 20251314.0
Full data: food price index
Aug 2026Food price index, all food 1386.0
Food price index. Food price index, all food: 1386.0 in Aug 2026.

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

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Food price index: NZ data and downloads: definitions

The monthly Food Price Index, which tracks the prices of food bought by households (groceries, fruit and vegetables, meat, takeaways and restaurant meals). History from 1960.

Food price index: NZ data and downloads: comparison limits

These affect how the figures can be compared.

  • Includes restaurant meals and takeaways, not just supermarket groceries.

Food price index: NZ data and downloads: data by period

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

PeriodFood price index, all food
Aug 20261,386.0 index
Jul 20261,382.0 index
Jun 20261,380.0 index
May 20261,372.0 index
Apr 20261,359.0 index
Mar 20261,359.0 index
Feb 20261,367.0 index
Jan 20261,369.0 index
Dec 20251,341.0 index
Nov 20251,345.0 index

Food price index: NZ data and downloads: questions for your AI

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    The attached CSV is Food price index (food-price-index), from Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa, Selected price indexes (monthly). Describe how each measure has changed, naming its unit and period. Treat changes in basis and missing periods as breaks. Distinguish observation from explanation. Limitations: Includes restaurant meals and takeaways, not just supermarket groceries.. Do not infer causation from changes during government terms.

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Food price index: NZ data and downloads: sources

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Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa, Selected price indexes (monthly)
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data/raw/statsnz-selected-prices/2026-10-10_40d16d35fc10.csv
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40d16d35fc107e8d9225698e95ffb9044a6ebcaad2bd83d7aa44b4cd52bc790c
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10 October 2026