The 2007 WriteMark New Zealand Plain English Conference and Awards were held on 16 November at the Copthorne Hotel Wellington Plimmer Towers
The theme of the 2007 Plain English Conference was ‘Reality check — the challenges and benefits of plain English in government and business’.
Delegates from New Zealand and overseas heard from international and local plain English experts. They enjoyed:
Winner: Castalia
Finalist: New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
Winner: PHARMAC — Patient guide: Herceptin — for early breast cancer
Finalist: New Zealand Guidelines Group — Having suicidal thoughts?
Finalist: Hutt City Council — Now that you have your building consent
Winner: IAG New Zealand Limited — Introducing your home policy
Finalist: A J Park — Guide to trade marks
Finalist: Hunter Group — VectorNet update — Animal Health Board
Winner: National Library of New Zealand — www.natlib.govt.nz
Finalist: New Plymouth District Council — www.newplymouthnz.com
Finalist: RaboPlus — www.raboplus.co.nz
Winner: ACC — Standing up to falls
Finalist: Privacy Commissioner — Good privacy is good business
Finalist: GN ReSound — Our sense of hearing
Winner: New Zealand Qualifications Authority — Unit standard 9734: Management — developing and coordinating people
Finalist: Tournament Parking — Terms and conditions
Finalist: Ministry of Education — Over-arching strategy for dissemination and use of best evidence synthesis (BES) iterations
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