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

NZ resale profits sink to 14-year low as downturn drags on

Owners now hold properties a record 10.4 years before selling for a gain

NZ resale profits sink to 14-year low as downturn drags on

RBNZ signals tighter scrutiny ahead for lenders and insurers

New financial stability chief flags "trust and verify" era for regulated firms

RBNZ signals tighter scrutiny ahead for lenders and insurers

First-home buyers hold firm as investors wait out the election

Advisers report steady bank appetite even as overall enquiry levels stay subdued

First-home buyers hold firm as investors wait out the election

KAN rolls out September PD Days across three cities

Advisers can register now for full-day sessions in Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland

KAN rolls out September PD Days across three cities

Auckland investors hold back as election looms over property market

Days to sell hit near-record highs as buyers adopt wait-and-see approach

Auckland investors hold back as election looms over property market

Auckland apartments surge as NZ property market splits two ways

National asking prices firm as Deep South affordability draws buyers south

Auckland apartments surge as NZ property market splits two ways

ASB business lending surges to decade high despite profit fall

Bank cites Middle East conflict and oil shock for volatile second half

ASB business lending surges to decade high despite profit fall

AMP launches AI-powered KiwiSaver advice tool, Astra

Regulator opens AI advice review as AMP moves to fill accessibility gap

AMP launches AI-powered KiwiSaver advice tool, Astra

SFO cracks $5m mortgage scam

SFO charges two women, hunts for three more in $5m mortgage fraud case

SFO cracks $5m mortgage scam

Million-dollar suburbs are spreading well beyond Auckland

Cromwell, Christchurch, and Tauranga suburbs set to cross $1m within months

Million-dollar suburbs are spreading well beyond Auckland