Home-loan rivalry set to spice up as ANZ loses market share

ANZ NZ chief executive Antonia Watson bills the company’s full-year result as ‘solid’. (Image: Supplied)

Tue, 11 Nov 2025

Rivalry among New Zealand’s biggest banks is poised to spice up as ANZ NZ vows to sharpen its offering in a bid to retake mortgage-market share lost over the past year.“This year, we've lost market share in home lending. So that is something that we're very, very focused on,” said chief executive Antonia Watson alongside the lender’s 2025 annual results.The bank’s share of the NZ home-loan market fell amid intense competition to 30.02% as of Sept 30, 2025, down 35 basis points from 30.37% in the same p...

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