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03/17/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/16/2026 15:54
Selected price indexes: February 2026
Selected price indexes: February 2026
17 March 2026, 10:45am
17 March 2026: We have corrected the January 2026 food price index data released in Selected price indexes: January 2026 on 17 February 2026. We apologise for the inconvenience. The corrected data is included in this release.
Error notification: Food price index (FPI) for January 2026 provides more information.
Selected price indexes (SPI) providemonthlyprice changes for a selection of goods and services that New Zealand households purchase.
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Key facts
The following table sets out the key percentage changes in monthly and annual prices. We compare February 2026 with January 2026 for the monthly percentage change, and February 2026 with February 2025 for the annual percentage change.
|
Group, subgroup, class, item, or selected section |
Monthly percentage change |
Annual percentage change |
|
Food group |
-0.1 |
4.5 |
|
Fruit and vegetables |
-0.8 |
9.4 |
|
Meat, poultry, and fish |
-0.1 |
7.5 |
|
Grocery food |
-0.4 |
2.9 |
|
Non-alcoholic beverages |
0.5 |
4.9 |
|
Restaurant meals and ready-to-eat food |
0.3 |
2.7 |
|
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco group |
0.2 |
2.1 |
|
Alcoholic beverages |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
Cigarettes and tobacco |
0.3 |
5.8 |
|
Housing and household utilities group |
... |
... |
|
Stock measure of rental property |
-0.1 |
0.9 |
|
Flow measure of rental property |
-7.8 |
-2.1 |
|
Electricity |
1.6 |
13.2 |
|
Gas |
0.2 |
13.1 |
|
Transport group |
... |
... |
|
Petrol |
-1.4 |
-6.0 |
|
Diesel |
-1.4 |
-6.2 |
|
Domestic air transport |
12.8 |
10.6 |
|
International air transport |
-16.4 |
1.8 |
|
Recreation and culture group |
... |
... |
|
Domestic accommodation |
3.4 |
8.3 |
|
International accommodation |
10.2 |
6.0 |
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Symbol: ... not applicable Source: Stats NZ |
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Subject category: Economic indicators
Group: Consumers price index - CPI
Definitions and metadata
Selected price indexes - DataInfo+ gives general methodology used to produce the selected price indexes and related metadata.
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Next release
Selected price indexes: March 2026 will be released on 17 April 2026.
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