The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into 

Year	Average hourly earnings (Percentage change)	Consumer price index (Percentage change)	
Mar. 1988	10.5	9.0	
Jun. 1988	10.6	6.3	
Sep. 1988	9.7	5.6	
Dec. 1988	9.3	4.7	
Mar. 1989	7.0	4.0	
Jun. 1989	5.1	4.4	
Sep. 1989	4.2	7.2	
Dec. 1989	4.3	7.2	
Mar. 1990	6.2	7.0	
Jun. 1990	6.4	7.6	
Sep. 1990	6.4	5.0	
Dec. 1990	6.4	4.9	
Mar. 1991	4.3	4.5	
Jun. 1991	3.6	2.8	
Sep. 1991	3.4	2.2	
Dec. 1991	2.9	1.0	
Mar. 1992	2.5	0.8	
Jun. 1992	2.2	1.0	
Sep. 1992	1.3	1.0	
Dec. 1992	0.9	1.3	
Mar. 1993	0.1	1.0	
Jun. 1993	0.3	1.3	
Sep. 1993	0.1	1.5	
Dec. 1993	0.3	1.4	
Mar. 1994	0.9	1.3	
Jun. 1994	1.3	1.1	
Sep. 1994	1.7	1.8	
Dec. 1994	1.8	2.8	
Mar. 1995	1.9	4.0	
Jun. 1995	2.0	4.6	
Sep. 1995	2.6	3.5	
Dec. 1995	2.9	2.9	
Mar. 1996	3.0	2.2	
Jun. 1996	3.5	2.0	
Sep. 1996	3.5	2.4	
Dec. 1996	3.8	2.6	
Mar. 1997	4.3	1.8	
Jun. 1997	3.6	1.1	
Sep. 1997	3.7	1.0	
Dec. 1997	3.1	0.8	
Mar. 1998	2.4	1.3	
Jun. 1998	2.8	1.7	
Sep. 1998	2.5	1.7	
Dec. 1998	3.0	0.4	
Mar. 1999	2.9	-0.1	
Jun. 1999	2.2	-0.4	
Sep. 1999	3.0	-0.5	
Dec. 1999	1.7	0.5	
Mar. 2000	1.7	1.5	
Jun. 2000	2.0	2.0	
Sep. 2000	1.7	3.0	
Dec. 2000	2.5	4.0	
Mar. 2001	3.1	3.1	
Jun. 2001	3.4	3.2	
Sep. 2001	3.5	2.4	
Dec. 2001	3.3	1.8	
Mar. 2002	3.6	2.6	
Jun. 2002	2.4	2.8	
Sep. 2002	3.1	2.6	
Dec. 2002	3.6	2.7	
Mar. 2003	2.3	2.5	
Jun. 2003	3.7	1.5	
Sep. 2003	3.1	1.5	
Dec. 2003	3.3	1.6	
Mar. 2004	3.3	1.5	
Jun. 2004	4.4	2.4	
Sep. 2004	3.4	2.5	
Dec. 2004	2.1	2.7	
Mar. 2005	3.6	2.8	
Jun. 2005	3.5	2.8	
Sep. 2005	4.2	3.4	
Dec. 2005	5.4	3.2	
Mar. 2006	5.2	3.3	
Jun. 2006	4.4	4.0	
Sep. 2006	5.1	3.5	
Dec. 2006	4.9	2.6	
Mar. 2007	4.6	2.5	
Jun. 2007	4.2	2.0	
Sep. 2007	3.9	1.8	
Dec. 2007	4.1	3.2	
Mar. 2008	4.6	3.4	
Jun. 2008	5.2	4.0	
Sep. 2008	5.5	5.1	
Dec. 2008	5.5	3.4

Source: 
Statistics New Zealand
Reserve Bank of New Zealand

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