2009 Award winners and finalists

Below are the finalists and winners for the 2009 WriteMark New Zealand Plain English Awards. Congratulations to you all!

Click the name of the winner or finalist to see their photo and/or media release.

2009 Awards photos

Read the presenters' comments on the winners and finalists here (108KB PDF)

Category 1: Plain English Champion

Best Organisation

Winner: Office of the Banking Ombudsman
Finalist: Ocean Design
Finalist: Waikato District Health Board

Best Project

Winner: NZ Transport Agency — Feet First 2009
Finalist: ACC — Redesigning www.acc.co.nz
Finalist: Cancer Society New Zealand — Questions You May Wish to Ask: A Guide for People with Cancer

Best Individual or Team

Winner: Cancer Society New Zealand — Editorial Team
Finalist: Department of Corrections — Corrections Inmate Employment Team
Finalist: Simpson Grierson — Julie O'Brien, Professional Development Manager

Category 2: Best Plain English Document

Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)

Winner: Ministry of Justice — Parenting Plans: Parents’ Guide to Making Plans for Their Children after Separation
Finalist: Environment Bay of Plenty Regional Council — Backyard, issue 17
Finalist: Ministry of Consumer Affairs — Before You Borrow Money

Private Sector

Winner: Pinnacle Life — Life Cover Policy Document
Finalist: PeopleMedia — On the Level: A Guide to How We Treat People Around Here

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Category 3: Best Plain English Website

Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)

Winner: ACC — www.acc.co.nz
Finalist: Inland Revenue — www.ird.govt.nz/studentloans
Finalist: Ministry of Education — www.schoolpayroll.govt.nz

Private Sector

Winner: Springload — www.springload.co.nz
Finalist: Pinnacle Life — www.pinnaclelife.co.nz
Finalist: Seafood Industry Training Organisation — www.seafoodito.co.nz

Category 4: Best Sentence Transformation

Winner: ACC
Finalist: Greater Wellington Regional Council

Category 5: People’s Choice

Best Plain English Document

Winner: Royal Commission on Auckland Governance — Auckland Governance: Executive Summary
Finalist: Air New Zealand — Grab-A-Seat Weekender Deal: Terms and Conditions

Best Plain English Website

Winner: Ministry of Fisheries — fs.fish.govt.nz
Finalist: ESL News New Zealand — eslnews.org.nz
Finalist: Smith & Wild — www.smithwild.co.nz

‘Brainstrain’ Document

Winner: Real Estate Institute of New Zealand — Sale of Real Estate by Auction
Finalist: Ministry of Justice — Application by One Party for Order Dissolving a Marriage or Civil Union