New Zealand Consumers price index
New Zealand Consumers price index is 4.1 percent, in force since 30 Jun 2026, cited to Stats NZ, 'Consumers price index: June 2026 quarter'. It was 3.1 percent before that. Last checked against the official source on 10 Aug 2026.
Official source: Stats NZ, 'Consumers price index: June 2026 quarter' · Last checked 2026-08-10 · source fingerprint
Annual percentage change in the all-groups Consumers Price Index, compiled quarterly by Stats NZ (Tatauranga Aotearoa).
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| Current value | 4.1 percent |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-06-30 |
| Official source | Stats NZ, 'Consumers price index: June 2026 quarter' — news release 'Annual inflation at 4.1 percent in June 2026' (published 21 July 2026): CPI +4.1% in the 12 months to the June 2026 quarter |
| Last verified | 2026-08-10 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
REFERENCE PERIOD: JUNE 2026 QUARTER. New Zealand's CPI is QUARTERLY, not monthly; there is no official monthly headline CPI. effective_from is the last day of the reference quarter. All-groups CPI rose 4.1% in the 12 months to the June 2026 quarter — a sharp acceleration from 3.1% in the March quarter, materially above the RBNZ's 1-3% target band, and in line with the fuel-driven path bank forecasters had signalled (petrol and diesel price rises were the dominant driver). This confirmation was read from the statically-rendered stats.govt.nz news release, which is primary; the fuller information-release page remains JavaScript-rendered. NEXT RELEASE: September 2026 quarter CPI, due ~mid-October 2026 — re-verify then. ACCESS QUIRK: stats.govt.nz information-release pages are JavaScript-rendered — a raw HTTP GET returns HTTP 200 with an empty shell and no numbers; the parallel /news/ pages render statically and carry the headline, or use the downloadable Excel/CSV assets linked on each release page. Stats NZ also retrospectively annotates past releases (e.g. a 14 May 2026 correction to trimmed-mean series in several prior CSVs).
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 3.1 | Stats NZ (Tatauranga Aotearoa), information release… |
| 2025-12-31 | 3.1 | Stats NZ, 'Consumers price index: December 2025 quarter'… |
| 2025-09-30 | 3 | Stats NZ, 'Consumers price index: September 2025 quarter'… |
| 2025-06-30 | 2.7 | Stats NZ, 'Consumers price index: June 2025 quarter'… |
| 2025-03-31 | 2.5 | Stats NZ, 'Consumers price index: March 2025 quarter'… |
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