It seems the cost of living only keeps going up for the most basic of needs.
Latest numbers from Stats NZ show fruit and vegetables are the most expensive they've been for 10 years while milk has never been more expensive.
We all know food costs increase in winter, but this is going beyond that, up 1.3 per cent in July compared to June.
A head of broccoli has never hit the pocket so hard.
And this is on top of rent prices, up 5 per cent in just the last year, up 10 per cent across the South Island outside of Canterbury.
Chief economist at ANZ Sharon Zollner told Mike Hosking the million dollar question is whether this is temporary or not.
“We’ve still got core inflation running at nearly 3 per cent and still rising.”
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