Mina Martin

Mina Martin

New Zealand Adviser

Mina Martin

Journalist

18+ years experience13,274 Total views on New Zealand Adviser in 2025

Mina's specialty topics

Mortgage rates and lender rate movements RBNZ monetary policy and OCR forecasting Housing policy and regulatory reform

Mina Martin is a journalist at Key Media, where she has been covering the financial services industry since 2016. She now focuses on the mortgage and lending sector across Australian Broker and New Zealand Adviser — reporting on non-bank lending, reverse mortgages, property market trends, securitisation, and the evolving role of technology in broking. Earlier in her Key Media career, she reported for Insurance Business Australia and New Zealand and served as a global profiles writer.

Before joining Key Media, Mina worked as a development editor at a leading educational publisher, authoring published social studies textbooks and magazine features. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication, majoring in Journalism with a minor in Speech Communication, and a Master of Education majoring in English — a dual foundation that sharpens her investigative rigour and ability to translate complex financial subject matter into clear, authoritative prose.

Outside the newsroom, she is an avid reader of non-fiction and a devoted fan of dramas and variety shows — a curiosity for real stories and human behaviour that informs the depth and accessibility she brings to every piece she writes.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“The best stories in this space rarely come from a single report — they come from connecting the dots between what the data shows, what the experts are saying, and what it actually means for a broker's next conversation with a client.”

Read the latest stories by Mina

Landlords plan rent rises despite tenant shortage

Investors plan 4.1% average rent rise, the highest in 13 months

Landlords plan rent rises despite tenant shortage

NZ rents return to annual growth as Otago hits $700 a week

New rental listings fall 4% as renter demand climbs 3%

NZ rents return to annual growth as Otago hits $700 a week

TSB faces independent review of capital reporting ahead of merger vote

Deloitte to report to the Reserve Bank in November

TSB faces independent review of capital reporting ahead of merger vote

Rebecca Williams named to RBNZ Monetary Policy Committee

New member will join the committee for October's OCR review

Rebecca Williams named to RBNZ Monetary Policy Committee

Mortgage adviser Manshil Krishna on why 'not yet' can be good advice

Why Krishna wants clearer, more consistent lending rules

Mortgage adviser Manshil Krishna on why 'not yet' can be good advice

NZMA2027 goes black tie: nominations now open

Black-tie gala dinner, 21 categories, nominations now open for 2027

NZMA2027 goes black tie: nominations now open

NZ property values keep falling as high listings favour buyers

Cotality data shows a buyer-friendly market even as rates rise again

NZ property values keep falling as high listings favour buyers

NZ firms turning cautious on investment, NZIER research shows

New NZIER data links tighter credit conditions to falling business investment

NZ firms turning cautious on investment, NZIER research shows

Nearly 30% of finance videos on social media are misleading: study

New research flags major gaps in social media financial advice quality

Nearly 30% of finance videos on social media are misleading: study

Election barely dents NZ property market, Trade Me finds

Just one in five sellers say the election is shaping their listing decisions

Election barely dents NZ property market, Trade Me finds