Latest figures from statistics New Zealand show food prices are at a 13 year high. Fruit and vegetables have had the steepest increase at 16 percent compared to the same time last year, while meat prices have risen by 6.7 percent. So what do consumers think? Reporter Leonard Powell went to find out whats behind the rising costs.
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