Kellie Ell

Kellie Ell

Kellie Ell covers the New Zealand and Australian lending markets for New Zealand Adviser and Australian Broker. With a career spanning some of the world's most respected financial and business media outlets — including CNBC, USA Today, Debtwire, WWD and Glamour — she brings a rigorous, internationally trained lens to her reporting on the region's mortgage and adviser industry.

Her NZA coverage ranges across Reserve Bank of New Zealand interest rate decisions, property market trends, lender movements, New Zealand Mortgage Awards, and the issues shaping the adviser channel — giving mortgage advisers, brokers, and lenders the timely, authoritative analysis they need to stay ahead. Kellie holds a Master of Journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York and an undergraduate degree in photojournalism from San Francisco State University — a background that informs both the precision and clarity of her storytelling.

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2026 New Zealand Mortgage Awards finalists revealed

The annual event takes place 12 March 2026 in Auckland

2026 New Zealand Mortgage Awards finalists revealed

RBNZ makes latest interest rate decision

The market awaits

RBNZ makes latest interest rate decision

New Zealand's home values remain flat – QV

The numbers are mixed, largely dependent on location

New Zealand's home values remain flat – QV

Will the RBNZ cut rates this week?

Here's what market participants are saying

Will the RBNZ cut rates this week?

Warwick Slow, BDM and past New Zealand Mortgage Awards winner, offers tips for working with advisers

"Advisers are busy. Sometimes it's just about being the person who stays on their radar," he says

Warwick Slow, BDM and past New Zealand Mortgage Awards winner, offers tips for working with advisers

Past New Zealand Mortgage Awards winner Claire Williamson dishes on her success

"One of the reasons that we are successful is that we have a real consistency of connection with our referrers and our clients"

Past New Zealand Mortgage Awards winner Claire Williamson dishes on her success

Ben Mune, past New Zealand Mortgage Awards winner, offers secrets to his success

"Our job is to reduce stress for people – not increase it with poor or slow communication"

Ben Mune, past New Zealand Mortgage Awards winner, offers secrets to his success

Past winner Gus Evans offers tips ahead of this year's New Zealand Mortgage Awards

"Specialize, specialize, specialize. You are able to be more effective by being an expert at one thing," he says

Past winner Gus Evans offers tips ahead of this year's New Zealand Mortgage Awards

New Zealand Mortgage Awards are back

Ahead of this year's awards, New Zealand Adviser is talking to past winners and sponsors

New Zealand Mortgage Awards are back

Retail spending's impact on the housing market

Economists predict the property markets will grow 7% in the back half of 2025

Retail spending's impact on the housing market