Jonalyn Cueto

Jonalyn Cueto

New Zealand Adviser

Jonalyn Cueto

freelance news writer

11 years experience8,304 Total views on New Zealand Adviser in 2025

Jonalyn's specialty topics

mortgage trends housing market affordability housing finance

Jonalyn Cueto is a contributor for Key Media. Her coverage spans business, finance, pension fund, private markets, M&A activity, retirement, and employee benefits.

Jonalyn has over six years of writing experience and more than a decade in the journalism industry. Her early writing career focused on current events and lifestyle topics, collaborating with various local and international media outlets primarily as a freelancer.

She has also worked as a book editor and technical editor, editing dissertations, essays, and textbooks—experience that sharpened her attention to structure, clarity, and accuracy in complex material.

Her combined newsroom and editorial experience shapes her approach to financial and business journalism.

She holds a bachelor's degree in mass communications, majoring in journalism, and a master's degree in business administration, majoring in marketing management.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“Drawing on both journalism and business training, I focus on producing reporting that is accurate, balanced, and accessible, helping readers understand the forces shaping markets, industries, and the broader economy”

Also published by

Benefits and Pensions Monitor · Wealth Professional Canada · Insurance Business · Canadian Occupational Safety · The Educator

Featured content from Jonalyn

NZ consumer confidence tumbles amid Middle East conflict Brokers urged to help Kiwis navigate crucial mortgage choices Will the NZ housing market recover in 2024?

Previous experience

  • Synchrogenix Philippines — technical editor
  • Bookbright Media — freelance technical editor
  • Isentia Manila — broadcast writer
  • Christian Post — freelance news writer
  • Rex Publishing — editor/proofreader

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications, major in Journalism
  • Master's degree in Business Administration, major in Marketing Management

Read the latest stories by Jonalyn

Kiwi SMEs hit pause on spending until election

New data shows 58% are changing how they manage cash, even as profit expectations improve

Kiwi SMEs hit pause on spending until election

Spring brings little lift to NZ house prices

QV says values fell 1.5% over the quarter, with buyers still holding the upper hand

Spring brings little lift to NZ house prices

Lifestyle property market steadies, Bayleys says

Buyers appear comfortable at current rates, though ASB expects mortgage rates to keep rising

Lifestyle property market steadies, Bayleys says

Heartland shareholders approve $620 million TSB takeover

Vote clears the way for a merged bank, pending Reserve Bank approval

Heartland shareholders approve $620 million TSB takeover

Auckland's average asking price slips below $1 million

Stock is up 13.8% in the city while sellers are urged to price realistically

Auckland's average asking price slips below $1 million

NZ tribunal penalises property manager over 20 tenancies

Firm must pay $5,877 after repeated breaches of the Residential Tenancies Act

NZ tribunal penalises property manager over 20 tenancies

Aussies eye NZ property as tax rules tighten

Property investors are looking beyond traditional Australian markets

Aussies eye NZ property as tax rules tighten

NZ mortgage rates rise as OCR hikes loom

Major banks expect monetary policy tightening to resume

NZ mortgage rates rise as OCR hikes loom

NZ rental affordability improves across most regions, report finds

Economists remain divided on what is driving the shift in rental conditions

NZ rental affordability improves across most regions, report finds

NZ arrears fall but company liquidations near 16-year high, Centrix finds

Consumer credit demand also weakened despite gains in repayment performance

NZ arrears fall but company liquidations near 16-year high, Centrix finds