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Liam Dann: Traders use their noodles to bet on NZ

As if oil prices weren't enough to worry about, instant noodles are being blamed for an impending edible oil shock.

Cartoon: Fish in a barrel

Key: We can't help your price pain

Kiwis squeezed as exports rise

New Zealand is a victim of its own success - and right now shoppers are paying the price, commentators say.

Fighting talk over the farm gate

Crying over milk prices

Imagine, by some clever sleight of hand, dairy monopoly Fonterra artificially inflated the price it pays to farmers.

Michael Parker: Stop kowtowing to unfair prices

Families feel the squeeze of rising prices

Soaring food prices and less cash to spend

Food is tipped to become up to 10 per cent more expensive than it was a year ago.

Food index up as milk, butter at record high prices

Earth's gravest challenge: Not enough food to go round

Rising prices to offset October tax cuts

Land of expensive milk and honey

Feeling the pinch as you do the supermarket shopping this weekend? You're not alone - Kiwis really do pay more as a proportion of their incomes for everyday items than many overseas.

Being small doesn't help

Great country, shame about prices

Supermarket wars keep a lid on food prices

It's music to the ears of shoppers - competition is forcing the two big supermarket chains to keep a lid on prices.