2011 Plain English Awards winners and finalists

Congratulations to the winners and finalists in the 2011 WriteMark New Zealand Plain English Awards!

Media release

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

Category 1: Plain English Champion

Best Organisation

Judges' comments

Winner: Statistics New Zealand
Finalist: Cancer Society of New Zealand
Finalist: Commerce Commission

Best Project

Judges' comments

Winner: Ministry of Social Development and People First — United Nations
Finalist: NZ Transport Agency — Safe Teen Driver
Finalist: Ministry of Social Development — A Home for Life
Honorable mention: Saatchi and Saatchi — Public Information and Education Campaign, 2011 Referendum

Best Individual or Team

Judges' comments

Winner: Cancer Society of New Zealand
Finalist: Statistics New Zealand
Finalist: Telecom NZ

Category 2: Best Plain English Document

Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)

Judges' comments

Winner: Cancer Society of New Zealand — Bowel Cancer and Bowel Function
Finalist: NZ Transport Agency — Keeping Moving
Finalist: Ministry of Social Development — Foster Care Kit with Handbook

Private Sector

Judges' comments

Winner: Contact Energy — Thanks for Choosing Contact
Finalist: Gareth Morgan Investments — Finally — an Annual Report Written for You
Finalist: Castalia — Norfolk Island's Development Challenge

Category 3: Best Plain English Website

Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)

Judges' comments

Winner: Careers New Zealand — www.careers.govt.nz
Finalist: PHARMAC — www.spacetobreathe.co.nz
Finalist: Ministry of Consumer Affairs — www.consumeraffairs.govt.nz

Private Sector

Judges' comments

Winner: Optimal Usability — www.optimalusability.com
Finalist: Kiwitax — www.kiwitax.co.nz
Finalist: Martelli McKegg — www.martellimckegg.co.nz

Category 4: Best Plain English Sentence Transformation

Judges' comments

Winner: Maryland Spencer — ACC
Finalist: Lesley Hanes — Statistics New Zealand
Finalist: Sue Wilton — Inland Revenue

Category 5: Best Plain English Technical Communicator

Judges' comments

Winner: Sarah Grundy — Department of Conservation
Finalist: Jon Hertzig — Electric Ink Ltd
Finalist: Meredith Evans — Streamliners NZ Ltd

Category 6: Best Plain English Financial Document

Investment Statement

Judges' comments

Winner: UDC Finance Limited — UDC Secured Investments Prospectus 22 December 2010
Finalist: Goldman Henry Capital Management Limited — Goldman Henry US50 Fund Ltd: Investment Statement & Prospectus
Finalist: Pathfinder Asset Management Limited — Pathfinder Global Water Fund Investment Statement 21 April 2010

General Financial Document

Judges' comments

Winner: AMP Services (NZ) Ltd — Build and Manage Wealth on Your Terms with AMP Wealth View
Finalist: Gareth Morgan Investments — Finally — An Annual Report Written for You
Finalist: Pathfinder Asset Management Limited — Global Water Fund Information Sheet
Honorable mention: Ministry of Social Development — Sussed Pocket Guide, Your financial plan for tertiary study

Category 7: People’s Choice

Best Plain English Document

Judges' comments

Winner: Elections New Zealand — Elections Enrolment Form

Best Plain English Website

Judges' comments

Winner: Kiwibank — www.kiwibank.co.nz

‘Brainstrain’ Document

Judges' comments

Winner: Capital & Coast DHB — Letter
Finalist: AMI — AMI Disclosure Statement
Finalist: Smartshares — Notice to Unitholders of Smartshares Exchange Traded Funds

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