The consumers price index (CPI) measures the rate of price change of goods and services purchased by New Zealand households. 1 May 2025: We have identified that vehicle relicensing fee increases.
Selected price indexes (SPI) provide monthly price changes for a selection of goods and services that New Zealand households purchase.
Consumers price index (CPI) increased 3.1 percent in the 12 months to the December 2025 quarter.
Prices increased 0.5 percent in the June 2025 quarter, compared with the March 2025 quarter, and rose 2.7 percent in the 12 months to June 2025.
Prices rose 1.0 percent in the September 2025 quarter compared with the June 2025 quarter, and rose 3.0 percent percent in the 12 months to September 2025.
Consumers price index concepts – DataInfo+ gives definitions of terms used in this release and general methodology used to produce the CPI and related metadata.
