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Registered banks and non-bank lending institutions: Sector lending (C5)

This data summarises lending by banks and non-bank lending institutions in New Zealand. It covers housing, personal, business and agricultural lending.

Special note

Series break in NBLI consumer lending

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Sector lending annual growth rates

Previous years: Monthly:
Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Nov 2024 Dec 2024 Jan 2025 Feb 2025 Mar 2025
Housing ($m)
Total 347,489 358,450 367,732 369,380 370,699 371,873 373,622
Registered banks1 341,658 352,396 362,354 364,099 365,484 366,689 368,569
Non-bank lending institutions2 5,831 6,054 5,378 5,281 5,216 5,185 5,053
Personal consumer ($m)
Total 14,153 14,751 14,726 14,645 14,602 14,635 14,587
Registered banks 7,486 7,705 7,699 7,688 7,616 7,633 7,586
Non-bank lending institutions2 6,667 7,046 7,027 6,956 6,986 7,002 7,001
Housing and personal consumer ($m)
Total 361,642 373,201 382,458 384,024 385,301 386,508 388,209
Registered banks 349,144 360,101 370,053 371,787 373,100 374,321 376,155
Non-bank lending institutions 12,499 13,100 12,405 12,237 12,201 12,186 12,055
Business ($m)
Total 132,135 134,986 137,215 137,568 138,458 138,240 137,482
Registered banks 123,340 125,528 127,889 128,076 129,014 128,817 127,890
Non-bank lending institutions2 8,795 9,458 9,327 9,492 9,444 9,423 9,592
Agriculture ($m)
Total 62,325 62,912 63,115 62,705 62,345 62,058 61,744
Annual growth rate (%)
Housing3 3.5 3.1 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.2
Personal consumer3 4.6 3.6 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6
Housing and personal consumer3 3.5 3.1 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.9 4.1
Business3 5.0 2.2 2.8 2.9 3.3 2.5 1.7
Agriculture3 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.3 -0.6 -1.3 -1.9
[1] Loans fully secured on residential property for business use are included under business or agriculture loans. [2] A list of series breaks for Household Funding and Sector Lending are available in the background notes. [3] Annual growth rates have been break-adjusted, reflecting the underlying market change.

Series break in NBLI consumer lending

30 April 2025

Today’s publication of non-bank lending institutions (NBLI) data includes revisions to data between December 2024 and February 2025 inclusive, as we now have updated data from our respondents. As a result of the revisions, a series break adjustment to NBLI consumer lending has been applied in December 2024, totalling $113m.

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

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The data: coverage, periodicity, and timeliness

Coverage

Lending by registered banks and non-bank lending institutions (NBLIs) for the following purposes:

  • housing
  • personal consumer
  • business
  • agriculture.

Data is sourced from our Bank Balance Sheet Survey and Non-bank Standard Statistical Return.

The Bank Balance Sheet Survey started 31 December 2016. Before this, data was estimated from the Standard Statistical Return (SSR).

Data is reported at market values, where applicable, as at the end of the reporting period.

Data covers assets and liabilities denominated in both NZ dollars and foreign currency. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency are converted into New Zealand dollars in accordance with NZ GAAP.

Further breakdown of lending by registered banks can be found in table S31.

View Table S31 – Loans by purpose

Non-bank sector lending can also be found in table T4. Note that we publish data for this table quarterly.

View Table T4 – Funding and claims by sector

Periodicity and Timeliness

We publish data on the last working day of the month.

Access by the public

Data Release

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Statistics release calendar

The statistics release calendar provides a long-term plan of scheduled releases. We update and release it on the first working day of the month.

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Integrity

Dissemination of terms and conditions under which official statistics are produced, including confidentiality of individual responses

We collect data under Section 36 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989 (the Act).

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We only publish aggregated data. Individual institutional data is confidential.

Provision of information about revisions and advance notice of major changes in methodology

We generally publish revisions when we update and release the next table. Should we need to make revisions more promptly, we post a special note on the website.

We post any major changes in methodology on the website as a special note.

Quality

Dissemination of documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing statistics

See the Survey template and definitions.

Dissemination of statistics that support statistical cross-check and provide assurance of reasonableness

Disclosure statements published by registered banks offer checks for reasonableness.

Series breaks

Series breaks occur when data are affected by survey changes that are not 'organic' but arise from one period to another because of factors such as the introduction of a new bank to the survey, a bank relinquishing its registration, the sale of assets, merger with another institution, or a change in substance in business practice that interrupts a 'like for like' time series.

The sector lending annual growth rates are adjusted for series breaks.

Series breaks for key balance sheet components for registered banks and non-bank lending institutions (NBLIs) are displayed for these tables.

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Registered banks and non-bank lending institutions

Registered banks

Consolidated banking group of banks operating in New Zealand that are registered by us.

Non-bank lending institutions (NBLIs)

NBLIs are financial institutions with total assets of $5 million or more at the consolidated group level, whose principal business is credit provision and borrowing money from the public and/or other sources.

Loan purpose

Housing

Housing comprises:

  • owner-occupier property use
  • residential investor property use.

Personal consumer loans

Personal or consumer loans that are not fully secured on residential property, including overdrafts, credit cards and term loans.

Business loans

Business loans comprise:

  • loans (for business use) to non-financial businesses that are fully secured by residential mortgage
  • loans to non-financial businesses that not fully secured by residential mortgage.

Excludes agriculture loans.

Agriculture loans

Business loans for agriculture purposes (ANZSIC06) including:

  • dairy farming
  • sheep, beef cattle and grain farming
  • horticulture
  • other agriculture on farm.

Does not include any loans to the agriculture industry for residential investor property use.

Symbols and conventions for summary table

Symbol or convention Definition
0 Zero or value rounded to zero
- Not applicable
.. Not available
bold Revised/new
italics Provisional
Light grey background Historical

General notes

  • Individual figures may not sum to the totals due to rounding
  • Percentage changes are calculated on unrounded numbers
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