NEWS

NZ petrol prices jump 6.4% as banks split on inflation outlook

Westpac tips 3.7%, Kiwibank 4.0% ahead of 22 October inflation data

NZ retail card spending falls 0.4% as fuel prices bite

Hospitality and apparel hit as households divert cash to petrol

NZ regulators tell financial firms to prepare for AI cyber incidents

Deepfakes and synthetic identities put client verification under scrutiny

Bank of New Zealand open banking payments jump nearly 14-fold

Most Kiwis still don’t recognise the term, survey finds

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PREMIUM

How tech is changing where the lending conversation starts

Technology is changing SME lending, giving advisers faster answers and more time

SPECIALTY

Residential

Buyers hold the upper hand as unsold housing stock piles up

Listings up 11% and unsold overhang near 24,500 ahead of summer

Commercial

Christchurch lender fined $15,000 for lending without registration

Firm kept lending for 18 months after warning, charging up to 55.61%

TV

Linda Eagleton on earning trust one client at a time

How KHL Finance built an award-winning mortgage service model

MORTGAGE INDUSTRY

Demographic changes to shrink Canada's workforce: Bank of Canada

‘Businesses need to understand it to develop new markets and products, invest in productivity-enhancing technology and help their workers gain skills for the future’

Demographic changes to shrink Canada's workforce: Bank of Canada

‘Businesses need to understand it to develop new markets and products, invest in productivity-enhancing technology and help their workers gain skills for the future’

Basecorp Finance tops $1.3b in tough market

Lending team explains why speed, certainty and relationships continue to win advisers' business

Industry Trends

Basecorp Finance tops $1.3b in tough market

Lending team explains why speed, certainty and relationships continue to win advisers' business

Industry Trends

The return to office is complete – but what’s the real driver?

‘Work from home is essentially done,’ says expert – but not for collaboration and productivity reasons

Business Growth

Is AI eroding critical thinking in the workplace?

‘Fluency without judgment simply helps an organization make mistakes faster’

Business Growth

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Seventy-one nominees. Thousands of client ratings. Forty advisers rated 9.0 or above by the borrowers who know them best. This is how NZ Adviser’s top mortgage advisers work, what they do when deals get hard, and why their clients would not go anywhere else.

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The 2026 New Zealand Mortgage Awards

The 2026 New Zealand Mortgage Awards honoured the nation’s standout advisers, showcasing innovation, excellence and the individuals shaping the future of its mortgage industry

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Repeat honourees dominate this year’s Elite Women – women leaders in mortgage in NZ whose careers are defined by trust, business expansion and leadership that is strengthening the profession’s long-term outlook