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 the appropriate rows and columns. Year Inflation (5-year average %) 1859 0.86 1860 0.13 1861 3.13 1862 3.11 1863 1.08 1864 0.89 1865 0.75 1866 -0.19 1867 -1.39 1868 -2.14 1869 -1.38 1870 -0.44 1871 -0.33 1872 1.02 1873 -0.66 1874 -1.71 1875 -0.61 1876 -0.67 1877 -3.49 1878 -2.25 1879 -2.46 1880 -2.28 1881 1.03 1882 -0.39 1883 -1.36 1884 -2.07 1885 -3.46 1886 -2.59 1887 -2.19 1888 -2.4 1889 -1.82 1890 -1.99 1891 -0.83 1892 -0.26 1893 0.63 1894 0.63 1895 0.31 1896 1.01 1897 0.41 1898 0.71 1899 1.1 1900 0.77 1901 1.38 1902 0.98 1903 1.32 1904 1.2 1905 1.11 1906 1.11 1907 -0.09 1908 -0.18 1909 -0.18 1910 0.44 1911 1.15 1912 1.73 1913 3.46 1914 4.42 1915 5.95 1916 7.51 1917 7.49 1918 8.57 1919 7.23 1920 2.4 1921 0.37 1922 -1.75 1923 -2.28 1924 0.1 1925 0.47 1926 0.05 1927 -0.1 1928 -0.62 1929 -2.02 1930 -3.62 1931 -4.48 1932 -3.83 1933 -1.57 1934 0.61 1935 2.97 1936 3.33 1937 3.48 1938 3.75 1939 3.08 1940 3.09 1941 2.69 1942 2.23 1943 1.75 1944 1.26 1945 1.4 1946 2.61 1947 2.66 1948 3.68 1949 5.16 1950 5.14 1951 5.75 1952 5.5 1953 3.88 1954 3 1955 2.54 1956 2.53 1957 3.48 1958 2.23 1959 2.13 1960 1.77 1961 0.72 1962 1.96 1963 2.29 1964 2.31 1965 3.12 1966 3.29 1967 3.6 1968 4.33 1969 5.17 1970 5.7 1971 6.33 1972 7.26 1973 8.06 1974 10.02 1975 11.25 1976 11.41 1977 11.23 1978 11.27 1979 11.46 1980 12.29 1981 11.01 1982 8.83 1983 8.85 1984 8.29 1985 9.92 1986 9.99 1987 8.06 1988 6.67 1989 4.12 1990 3.05 1991 2.19 1992 1.33 1993 1.55 1994 1.81 1995 1.79 1996 1.68 1997 0.92 1998 0.98 1999 1.26 2000 1.55 2001 1.92 2002 1.87 2003 1.96 2004 2.1 2005 2.23 2006 2.61 Source: Statistics New Zealand Year Consumer price index (2008=1000) 1857 17 1858 17.5 1859 15.5 1860 15.9 1861 17.7 1862 17.6 1863 18 1864 18.6 1865 18.7 1866 18.5 1867 18.7 1868 18.4 1869 17.4 1870 16.6 1871 17.5 1872 18 1873 17.1 1874 17.4 1875 16.9 1876 16.5 1877 16.6 1878 16.8 1879 14.2 1880 14.7 1881 14.7 1882 15 1883 14.9 1884 14.4 1885 13.7 1886 13.5 1887 12.5 1888 12.7 1889 12.3 1890 12 1891 11.4 1892 11.5 1893 11.8 1894 11.8 1895 11.8 1896 11.8 1897 11.9 1898 12.4 1899 12 1900 12.2 1901 12.6 1902 12.9 1903 12.9 1904 12.9 1905 13.5 1906 13.7 1907 13.6 1908 13.6 1909 13.4 1910 13.6 1911 13.5 1912 13.9 1913 14.2 1914 14.8 1915 16 1916 17.2 1917 18.9 1918 21.3 1919 22.9 1920 26 1921 26.9 1922 23.9 1923 23.3 1924 23.8 1925 23.9 1926 24.1 1927 23.9 1928 23.9 1929 23.8 1930 23.3 1931 21.6 1932 19.9 1933 18.9 1934 19.2 1935 19.9 1936 20.5 1937 21.9 1938 22.6 1939 23.6 1940 24.6 1941 25.5 1942 26.3 1943 27 1944 27.5 1945 27.8 1946 28 1947 28.9 1948 31.3 1949 31.7 1950 33.6 1951 37.2 1952 40.2 1953 42 1954 43.9 1955 45 1956 46.5 1957 47.6 1958 49.7 1959 53.4 1960 52 1961 52.9 1962 54.3 1963 55.4 1964 57.3 1965 59.2 1966 60.9 1967 64.6 1968 67.3 1969 70.7 1970 75.2 1971 83.1 1972 88.8 1973 96.1 1974 106.8 1975 122.5 1976 143.2 1977 163.8 1978 183.3 1979 208.5 1980 244.2 1981 281.7 1982 327.3 1983 351.5 1984 372.8 1985 430.5 1986 487.5 1987 564.1 1988 600 1989 634.3 1990 673.2 1991 690.4 1992 697.4 1993 706.7 1994 719.2 1995 745.7 1996 762.8 1997 772.2 1998 781.5 1999 780.7 2000 801 2001 822 2002 843.9 2003 858.7 2004 878.9 2005 905.6 2006 936.1 2007 958.5 2008 1000 Source: Statistics New Zealand Downloaded from Te Ara | The Encyclopedia of New Zealand www.TeAra.govt.nz