In this year's Rugby World Cup, also held in New Zealand, the first match – also at Eden Park – sees the All Blacks taking on Tonga. Witnessing that brilliant display from Buck, Fitzy, Kirwan and co in the flesh would have set you back $8, or $15.30 in 2011 dollars.That would probably struggle to get you a beer and a pie at Eden Park these days, let alone entry. In the opening match, the All Blacks thrashed Italy 70-6 at Eden Park. The very first Rugby World Cup was held in New Zealand in 1987. Considerably more expensive, but whether that's value for money depends on your tastes. In 2011, tickets were $150 to see Tool, MIA, Iggy Pop and LCD Soundsystem. For that you got to see Bjork, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden and the Straitjacket Fits – excellent value for money.
Going to the Big Day Out in 1994 cost about $60, or $90 in 2011 dollars. Recorded music sales are plummeting and live gigs are enjoying a renaissance, and that's reflected in ticket prices. If televisions were similarly valued in the late '70s as they are now, they would have cost around $91. Someone in 1979 would have had to put in three months. To put that in perspective, a person on the median wage in 2011 would have to do about a week of work to buy a decent TV, after tax. That doesn't sound too bad, till you convert that to 2011 dollars – a whopping $6,615.
#COST OF A BIG MAC 1981 TV#
To buy the 1970s equivalent – a basic, no-frills CRT colour TV of the same width – would have cost you $1200. These days, $498 will get you a 26-inch LCD flat screen TV with a built-in DVD player. Think that sweet LCD TV you saw at JB Hifi is a bit out of your price range? Spare a thought for your elders. Already we're in a range comparable to today's prices, and Fonterra – the target of much milk-related criticism in recent weeks – doesn't even exist yet. Pretty cheap, huh?īy 1981, the price had jumped to 50c, or $1.90 in today's money – almost 50 percent more than what it was just six years earlier.īut in 1993 two litres set you back $2.42, or $3.80 in 2011 dollars, and in 1998, $4.24.
Two litres of the stuff would have put you back 13.2c, or $1.28 in today's money. In 1975, milk wasn't sold in litres, but for our comparison, we'll assume it was. Campbell Live has been investigating just where the money goes, supermarkets have announced a price freeze and the Commerce Commission is even launching an investigation.īut is milk – which ranges between $3.50 and $5 for two litres, depending where you buy it – actually as expensive as it has ever been? Much has been made of the price of milk these days.
#COST OF A BIG MAC 1981 FREE#
If you remember things costing otherwise, feel free to let us know by adding a comment below. The original prices of goods come from a range of sources, including Statistics NZ, the Ministry of Health, as well as recollections from around the 3 News office and various websites. We used the Reserve Bank's official inflation calculator, which can be found here, to calculate these figures. Which begs the question – is everything affected by inflation? Or are some goods actually cheaper than they were in the 'good old days'?ģ News has collected together historic price data on a range of items, working out what they would cost in today's money – and the results might surprise you. Yesterday, Statistics New Zealand announced inflation was running at 4.5 percent for the year to March, the second-highest it's been in two decades. The cost of living – it gets higher and higher every year, right? Well, it depends what you're spending your money on.
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