Prepare for more price rises

Data -- due out tomorrow -- is expected to show the inflation rate has risen again, from 2.2 percent to about 2.4 percent.

One contributing factor -- food price inflation, which is now back up at 3.5 percent.

Vegetables New Zealand Chair John Murphy says while fresh produce prices have fallen in the past 12 months, that trend isn't likely to continue.

He doesn't see them coming down any further, and they could well go up.