21 Feb 2024

Saveloys and waterbeds: How the CPI is calculated

From Nights, 9:15 pm on 21 February 2024

Every month, Nights talks to the brains at Stats NZ to share some facts and figures about life in New Zealand. 

Tonight, we're hearing about how the Consumers Price Index uses a bundle of everyday goods and services to measure inflation in New Zealand.

Jason Attewell is the general manager of economic and environmental insights at Stats NZ and he joins Emile Donovan.

A trolley of groceries containing Foodstuffs' products.

A trolley of groceries containing Foodstuffs' products. Photo: Suppled / Foodstuffs