2011 Plain English Awards winners and finalists
Congratulations to the winners and finalists in the 2011 WriteMark Plain English Awards!
Click on the winners' and finalists' names to view their statements and winners' photos.
Plain English Champion — Best Organisation
Winner: Statistics New Zealand
Finalist: Cancer Society of New Zealand
Finalist: Commerce Commission
Plain English Champion — Best Project
Winner: Ministry of Social Development and People First — United Nations
Finalist: NZ Transport Agency — Safe Teen Driver
Finalist: Ministry of Social Development — A Home for Life
Honorable mention: Saatchi & Saatchi — Public Information and Education Campaign, 2011 Referendum
Plain English Champion — Best Individual or Team
Winner: Cancer Society of New Zealand
Finalist: Statistics New Zealand
Finalist: Telecom NZ
Best Plain English Document — Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)
Winner: Cancer Society of New Zealand — Bowel Cancer and Bowel Function
Finalist: NZ Transport Agency — Keeping Moving
Finalist: Ministry of Social Development — Foster Care Kit with Handbook
Best Plain English Document — Private Sector
Winner: Contact Energy — Thanks for Choosing Contact
Finalist: Gareth Morgan Investments — Finally — an Annual Report Written for You
Finalist: Castalia — Norfolk Island's Development Challenge
Best Plain English Website — Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)
Winner: Careers New Zealand — www.careers.govt.nz
Finalist: PHARMAC — www.spacetobreathe.co.nz
Finalist: Ministry of Consumer Affairs — www.consumeraffairs.govt.nz
Best Plain English Website — Private Sector
Winner: Optimal Usability — www.optimalusability.com
Finalist: Kiwitax — www.kiwitax.co.nz
Finalist: Martelli McKegg — www.martellimckegg.co.nz
Best Plain English Sentence Transformation
Winner: Maryland Spencer — ACC
Finalist: Lesley Hanes — Statistics New Zealand
Finalist: Sue Wilton — Inland Revenue
Best Plain English Technical Communicator
Winner: Sarah Grundy — Department of Conservation
Finalist: Jon Hertzig — Electric Ink Limited
Finalist: Meredith Evans — Streamliners NZ Limited
Best Plain English Financial Document — Investment Statement
Winner: UDC Finance Limited — UDC Secured Investments Prospectus 22 December 2010
Finalist: Goldman Henry Capital Management Limited — Goldman Henry US50 Fund Limited: Investment Statement & Prospectus
Finalist: Pathfinder Asset Management Limited — Pathfinder Global Water Fund Investment Statement 21 April 2010
Best Plain English Financial Document — General Financial Document
Winner: AMP Services (NZ) Limited — Build and Manage Wealth on Your Terms with AMP Wealth View
Finalist: Gareth Morgan Investments — Finally — An Annual Report Written for You
Finalist: Pathfinder Asset Management Limited — Global Water Fund Information Sheet
Honorable mention: Ministry of Social Development — Sussed Pocket Guide, Your financial plan for tertiary study
People’s Choice — Best Plain English Document
Winner: Elections New Zealand — Elections Enrolment Form
People’s Choice — Best Plain English Website
Winner: Kiwibank — www.kiwibank.co.nz
People’s Choice — ‘Brainstrain’ Document
Winner: Capital & Coast DHB — Letter
Finalist: AMI — AMI Disclosure Statement
Finalist: Smartshares — Notice to Unitholders of Smartshares Exchange Traded Funds