Food costs in Aotearoa have risen consistently in the last decade

Increasing food costs are part of the picture of food insecurity in Aotearoa

Data was not gathered in 2022 because of the pandemic; 2021 has been missed out too, as Auckland wasn't part of the dataset. Costs are the average weekly cost of the 'basic' food basket for an adult woman
Chart: Shanti MathiasSource: Otago University New Zealand Food Costs SurveyGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper