20 awards up for grabs at biggest event on New Zealand’s mortgage broking calendar
Submissions are rolling in for the New Zealand Mortgage Awards 2026.
Be sure to nominate the advisers, brokerages, aggregators, lenders, BDMs and service providers that have displayed outstanding leadership over the past 12 months.
Nominations can be placed until 17 October, with the cocktail event scheduled for Thursday, 12 March 2026.
NZA is proudly hosting the 2026 NZMAs alongside event partner Liberty Financial, premium partner Success & Adviser, and a raft of award sponsors.
The following 20 awards are up for grabs:
- Success and Adviser Innovator of the Year
- CFML Loans Loan Administrator of the Year
- First Mortgage Trust New Adviser of the Year
- Commercial Mortgage Adviser of the Year
- Pepper Money Adviser of the Year – Residential
- Avanti Finance Adviser of the Year – Specialist Lending
- Xceda Adviser of the Year – Regional
- Link Financial Group Best Bank BDM
- NZFSG Best Specialist Lender BDM
- Best Aggregator BDM
- Newpark Home Loans Lifetime Achievement
- Finbase Lender of the Year (Major/Non-Major Bank)
- Specialist Lender of the Year
- Success and Adviser Regional Brokerage of the Year
- Bizcap Brokerage of the Year – Diversification
- Brokerage of the Year -1-5 staff
- Prospa Brokerage of the Year – 6+ staff
- Finsure New Zealand New Brokerage of the Year
- Basecorp Finance Best Customer Service of an Individual Office
- Aggregator of the Year
2025 winners included Eugene Bartsaikin, managing director of Twine Financial Advisers, for Pepper Money Adviser of the Year – Residential; Blueprint Finance for Finsure New Zealand New Brokerage of the Year; and First Mortgage Trust for Non-Bank Lender of the Year.
View the judging criteria here. For ticket sales and general enquiries, please contact Bianca Tan at awards@keymedia.com.au.
