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2014 WRITEMARK NEW ZEALAND PLAIN ENGLISH AWARDS

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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)

Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.