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Plain English Champion — Best Organisation

Winner: Utilities Disputes

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Plain English Champion — Best Individual or Team

Winner: Steph Prince, NZ Transport Agency

Finalist: Megan Lane, Empathy

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Best Plain English Document — Public Sector

Winner: Superu — Making Sense of Evaluation — a handbook for the social sector Finalists

Finalist: Ministry for Women — Closing the gender pay gap — advice for employers

Finalist: Wellington City Council — Our Wellington — Tō Tātou Pōneke (winter 2017 edition)

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Best Plain English Document — Private Sector

Winner: Tower Insurance Limited — House Insurance Premium Cover

Finalist: KPMG New Zealand — Mindset. Trust. Adaptability. KPMG New Zealand CEO Outlook Survey 2017

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Best Plain English Website

Winner: Department of Internal Affairs — Govt.nz

Finalist: JUNO magazine — www.junoinvesting.co.nz

Finalist: Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand — www.iponz.govt.nz

Finalist: Ministry of Social Development — Studylink — www.studylink.govt.nz

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Best Plain English Sentence Transformation

Winner: Jan Schrader, Stats NZ

Finalist: Steph Prince, NZ Transport Agency

Finalist: Ministry for Women

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Best Plain English Technical Communicator

Winner: Louisa Eades, Streamliners

Finalist: Wellington Region Emergency Management Office

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Best Plain English Annual Report

Winner: Z Energy — Solving what matters for a moving world. 2017 Annual Report

Finalist: English Language Partners New Zealand Trust — English Language Partners New Zealand Annual Report 2016

Finalist: Kiwi Wealth KiwiSaver Scheme — Kiwi Wealth KiwiSaver Scheme Annual Report 2017

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Best Plain English Legal Document

Winner: Parliamentary Counsel Office — Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Finalist: Cavell Leitch — Property Sharing Agreement

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Best Plain English Turnaround

Winner: Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management — happens.nz

Finalist: New Zealand Insolvency and Trustee Service — Types of Creditor

Finalist: Parliamentary Counsel Office — Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

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People's Choice — Best Plain English Communication

Winner: Wellington City Council

Finalist: Kiwi Wealth KiwiSaver Scheme — Kiwi Wealth KiwiSaver Scheme Annual Report 2017

Finalist: Superu — Making sense of evaluation

Finalist: Perry Outdoor Education Trust — POET latest news

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People's Choice — Worst 'Brainstrain' Communication

Winner: Inland Revenue — Inland Revenue direct debit conditions