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2016 WRITEMARK NEW ZEALAND PLAIN ENGLISH AWARDS

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2012 Plain English Awards winners and finalists

Congratulations to the winners and finalists in the 2012 WriteMark Plain English Awards! 

Click on the winners' and finalists' names to view their statements and the judges' comments.

2012 Awards photos (a Picasa web album)

Plain English Champion — Best Organisation

Winner: Cancer Society of New Zealand

Plain English Champion — Best Individual or Team

Winner: NZ Transport Agency — Manawatu Gorge Team 
Finalist: Cancer Society of New Zealand — Editorial Team
FinalistNZ Transport Agency — 'Give Way Rule' Team

Best Plain English Document — Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)

Winner: Statistics New Zealand — How to tell a story using statistics
Finalist: Commerce Commission — Electricity and the Commerce Commission's role
Finalist: Ministry of Social Development — Strategies with Kids, Information for Parents (SKIP)

Best Plain English Document — Private Sector

Winner: Blue Mountain Adventure Centre — Conquer Your Own Mountain!
Finalist: Gareth Morgan Investments — Gareth Morgan KiwiSaver Scheme Annual Report 2012 

Best Plain English Website — Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)

Winner: Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income — http://www.sorted.org.nz 
Finalist: Cancer Society of New Zealand — http://www.getthetools.org.nz
Finalist: Careers New Zealand — http://www.careers.govt.nz

Best Plain English Website — Private Sector

Winner: Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ltd — http://www.beeflambnz.com
Finalist: Gareth Morgan Investments — www.gmk.co.nz

Best Plain English Sentence Transformation

Winner: Telecom New Zealand Limited — Annette Hamilton
Finalist: Inland Revenue Department — Megan Mills
Finalist: Telecom New Zealand Limited — Annette Hamilton 

Best Plain English Technical Communicator

Winner: Telecom New Zealand Limited — Sarah Burns
Finalist: 
Commerce Commission — Allanah Kalafatelis
Finalist: Xero — Kylie McGrath

Best Plain English Investor Document

Winner: UDC Finance Limited — UDC Secured Investments Prospectus 65
Finalist: Goldman Henry — US50 Fund Ltd. Annual Report 2011
Finalist: Pathfinder Management Ltd — Pathfinder Asset Management Prospectus

People's Choice — Best Plain English Communication

Winner: BreastScreen AotearoaBreastScreen letter

People's Choice — Worst 'Brainstrain' Communication

Winner: Nova EnergyStandard Terms for Gas and Electricity Supply

Best Plain English Turnaround

Winner: Ministry of Social Development / Inland Revenue Department — Student Loan Contract
Finalist: Commerce Commission — Anti-competitive practices web page

 

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