Stats NZ will resume publishing the household living-costs price indexes (HLPI) on 28 October 2025.

In May 2025, Stats NZ paused the HLPI due to technical challenges in updating weights after the Consumers price index review: 2024.

Data for the March, June, and September 2025 quarters will all be published at 10:45am on 28 October 2025 and a complete time series will be available.

The Household living-costs price indexes review: 2024 – tables and methodology paper will be published on 21 October 2025, ahead of this release.

We apologise for any inconvenience this delay has caused.

We will be offering a seminar to explain the modified process to calculate expenditure weights in further detail following the release on 28 October.

To register your interest in attending please email media@stats.govt.nz.

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