Shortlists – Plain English Awards

Announcing this year’s shortlists

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 22:03:19 +0000

After the first phase of judging in this year’s People’s Choice Awards, our two expert judging panels have agreed on their shortlists.

Who made it to our Best shortlist?

The following nominations have been shortlisted for our People’s Choice — Best Plain English Communication Award:

Accuro Health Insurance — www.accuro.co.nz
Commonsense Organics — commonsenseorganics.co.nz
Simplicity — simplicity.kiwi
Simplicity Classrooms — simplicity.kiwi/learn/classrooms
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment — www.tenancy.govt.nz
Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation — www.wboppho.org.nz/why-you-should-enrol

Who made it to our Worst shortlist?

The following nominations have been shortlisted for our People’s Choice — Worst Brainstrain Award:

Auckland City Council — Proposed Plan Change letter
Christchurch City Council — Te Wai Ora o Tāne Draft Integrated Water Strategy
Rabo Capital Securities Limited — Redemption Notice letter

What happens next

Our judges will review all shortlisted entries in greater detail. They’ll then decide on this year’s finalists.
We’ll announce the finalists on Thursday, 17 October.
Our media partner, Newsroom, will announce this year’s winners on their website on Thursday, 28 November.

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Announcing our 2018 shortlists

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 23:39:03 +0000

From what we’ve heard from our judges, finalising this year’s shortlists has been no mean feat. We received many outstanding entries from across both the public and private sectors. We’re thrilled to announce which of those entries made our shortlists.

Take a look at our 2018 shortlists

We’ll make our next big announcement — this year’s finalists — some time around 19 October. Watch this space!

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Watch this space — we’ll announce our shortlists tomorrow

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 07:27:20 +0000

Over the past 2 weeks our judges have been busy reviewing all of this year’s entries. We’ll let the first ‘shortlist’ cats out of the bag (or basket) tomorrow, so watch this space.

In the meantime we can let you in on some of the feedback we’ve had about this year’s entries. Here’s what one judge told us:

I’m pleased to report we have many excellent entries (quality lifts every year, which is fabulous) and it’s tricky coming up with a shortlist.

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