2009 Award winners and finalists
Below are the finalists and winners for the 2009 WriteMark New Zealand Plain English Awards. Congratulations to you all!
Read the presenters' comments on the winners and finalists here (108KB PDF)
Category 1: Plain English Champion
Best Organisation
Winner: Office of the Banking Ombudsman
Finalist: Ocean Design
Finalist: Waikato District Health Board
Best Project
Winner: NZ Transport Agency — Feet First 2009
Finalist: ACC — Redesigning www.acc.co.nz
Finalist: Cancer Society New Zealand — Questions You May Wish to Ask: A Guide for People with Cancer
Best Individual or Team
Winner: Cancer Society New Zealand — Editorial Team
Finalist: Department of Corrections — Corrections Inmate Employment Team
Finalist: Simpson Grierson — Julie O'Brien, Professional Development Manager
Category 2: Best Plain English Document
Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)
Winner: Ministry of Justice — Parenting Plans: Parents’ Guide to Making Plans for Their Children after Separation
Finalist: Environment Bay of Plenty Regional Council — Backyard, issue 17
Finalist: Ministry of Consumer Affairs — Before You Borrow Money
Private Sector
Winner: Pinnacle Life — Life Cover Policy Document
Finalist: PeopleMedia — On the Level: A Guide to How We Treat People Around Here
Category 3: Best Plain English Website
Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)
Winner: ACC — www.acc.co.nz
Finalist: Inland Revenue — www.ird.govt.nz/studentloans
Finalist: Ministry of Education — www.schoolpayroll.govt.nz
Private Sector
Winner: Springload — www.springload.co.nz
Finalist: Pinnacle Life — www.pinnaclelife.co.nz
Finalist: Seafood Industry Training Organisation — www.seafoodito.co.nz
Category 4: Best Sentence Transformation
Winner: ACC
Finalist: Greater Wellington Regional Council
Category 5: People’s Choice
Best Plain English Document
Winner: Royal Commission on Auckland Governance — Auckland Governance: Executive Summary
Finalist: Air New Zealand — Grab-A-Seat Weekender Deal: Terms and Conditions
Best Plain English Website
Winner: Ministry of Fisheries — fs.fish.govt.nz
Finalist: ESL News New Zealand — eslnews.org.nz
Finalist: Smith & Wild — www.smithwild.co.nz
‘Brainstrain’ Document
Winner: Real Estate Institute of New Zealand — Sale of Real Estate by Auction
Finalist: Ministry of Justice — Application by One Party for Order Dissolving a Marriage or Civil Union
‘Brainstrain’ Website
Winner: Vodafone NZ — Prepay Broadband Terms and Conditions vodafonenz.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/vodafonenz.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=7401
Finalist: Department of Internal Affairs — dia.govt.nz
Finalist: Plain Communications — www.plain.co.nz