Growers have been forced to throw out hundreds of thousands of crops because wild weather has ruined them.
The latest figures from Stats NZ show fruit and vegetables have gone up 10 percent in the past year.
While that might seem like growers are getting themselves a bumper harvest - like consumers - they're feeling it in the pocket too.
Along with rising fuel prices and other production costs there's also dwindling demand from restaurants and cafes that have shut up shop over the pandemic.
Our reporter Louise Ternouth and camera operator Marika Khabazi paid one of Auckland's largest growers a visit.
