Finalists for the 2014 Plain English Awards
Congratulations to all the finalists! They're below in alphabetical order. Winners will be announced at the ceremony on 27 November.
Plain English Champion — Best Organisation
ANZ
Deloitte
Plain English Champion — Best Individual or Team
Inland Revenue — Lindsay Botham
Ministry of Social Development — Sarah Moodie
Studylink — StudyLink Service Support Team
Best Plain English Document — Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)
Commerce Commission — Know your rights as a consumer brochure
NZ On Air — Statement of Intent 2014–2018
The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand — Get Ahead Skills: My Planning My Preparation: Workbook
Best Plain English Document — Private Sector
Mercer (NZ) Limited — Annual Member Benefit Statement
Skills Active Aotearoa — Information Sheets
Woods Creative Limited — PowerSmart DLE brochure and owner’s manual
Best Plain English Website — Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)
Careers New Zealand — www.careers.govt.nz
Commerce Commission — construction.comcom.govt.nz
Ministry of Education — www.parents.education.govt.nz
Best Plain English Website — Private Sector
Mercer (NZ) Limited — www.mercerkiwisaverscheme.co.nz
Woods Creative Limited — www.powersmartsolar.co.nz
WooHoo NZ Tax Refunds — www.nztaxrefunds.co.nz
Best Plain English Sentence Transformation
Internal Affairs — sentence from website
Statistics New Zealand — sentence from Income tables [web page]
Xero — sentence from Tax Rates
Best Plain English Technical Communicator
Janet Green, Risk and Assurance team, Ministry of Social Development
Kylie McGrath, Xero
Laura Southgate, Xero
Ros Black, Xero
Best Plain English Annual Report
Beef + Lamb New Zealand — Annual Report 2012–2013
Mercer (NZ) Limited — Annual Report
Best Plain English Turnaround
MAS — MAS Motor Vehicle Insurance
MAS — MAS House and Contents Insurance
Spark New Zealand — Call Minder
People's Choice — Best Plain English Communication
We can’t tell you who the finalist is. There’s only one, so we would be giving away the winner! All will be revealed at the Awards ceremony on 27 November.
People's Choice — Worst 'Brainstrain' Communication
We can’t very well congratulate the 'Brainstrain' finalists but here they are!
Air New Zealand — Important Notices
Earthquake Commission — Email about a simple repair job that hasn’t been sorted after 3 years (and 3 months)
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