Climate change is being partly blamed for an increase in the cost of healthy food
Climate change is being partly blamed for an increase in the cost of healthy food
19 June 2018
An Otago University study has looked at the weekly cost of providing healthy food to a family of four.
Most large cities saw a jump in price over the last year.
Louise Mainvil - from the University's Human Nutrition Department - says wild weather has affected growing conditions, pushing up prices as a result.
She says prices in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin increased by between four and 21 dollars a week over the last year.
Christchurch bucked the trend, with costs falling by three dollars.
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