2010 Plain English Awards winners and finalists

Congratulations to the winners and finalists in the 2010 WriteMark Plain English Awards!

Click on the winner's or finalist's name to see photos and comments.

Category 1: Plain English Champion

Best Organisation

Winner: Office of the Auditor-General
Finalist: Cancer Society of New Zealand
Finalist: Statistics New Zealand

Best Project

Winner: InfraTrain New Zealand Limited — Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) Qualification & Resource Development
Finalist: Ministry of Justice — Civil Justice in the District Courts of New Zealand
Finalist: Ministry of Social Development — Integrity Services Letters

Best Individual or Team

Winner: Stephen Leong — Transpower New Zealand Limited
Finalist: Cancer Society of New Zealand
Finalist: Statistics New Zealand

Category 2: Best Plain English Document

Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)

Winner: ACC — Handling Cattle Safely
Finalist: Child, Youth and Family — When We Visit
Finalist: InfraTrain New Zealand — Horizontal Directional Drilling Guide

Private Sector

Winner: Sonar6 — Performance Review Marketing Materials
Finalist: House of Travel — Our Business is Your Business Travel
Finalist: PORSE — Let’s PORSE

Category 3: Best Plain English Website

Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)

Winner: Child, Youth and Family — www.cyf.govt.nz
Finalist: Career Services — www.careers.govt.nz
Finalist: Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority — www.energywise.govt.nz

Private Sector

Winner: The Wheeling Gourmet — http://en.wheelinggourmet.com
Finalist: Kiwitax — www.kiwitax.co.nz
Finalist: Martelli McKegg Wells & Cormack — www.martellimckegg.co.nz

Category 4: Best Plain English Sentence Transformation

Winner: Alan Groves — Transpower New Zealand Ltd
Finalist: Judith Wright — Statistics New Zealand
Finalist: Maryland Spencer — ACC
Finalist: Alison Smith — Thames–Coromandel District Council

Category 5: Best Plain English Technical Communicator

Winner: Meredith Evans — Streamliners NZ Ltd
Finalist: Erwin Timmerman — Dynamic Controls
Finalist: Lesley Hanes — Statistics New Zealand

Category 6: People’s Choice

Best Plain English Document

Winner: BT Funds Management (NZ) Limited — Multi Sector Unit Trusts Investment Statement
Finalist: Elections New Zealand — Enrolment Form

Best Plain English Website

Winner: NZ Transport Agency — www.nzta.govt.nz
Finalist: Air New Zealand Grabaseat — http://flightbookings.airnewzealand.co.nz/vgrabview/en_NZ/
Finalist: IRD Child Support — www.ird.govt.nz/childsupport

‘Brainstrain’ Document

Winner: Office for Senior Citizens — Home Equity Release: Code of Practice
Finalist: NZ Post — International Registered Mail prepaid envelope