Plain English Awards

celebrate New Zealand's clearest communicators

Sponsors

Big thanks to our sponsors for their support

Principal sponsors


WriteMark Limited

www.writemark.co.nz

When your document holds the WriteMark, your readers can be sure that your writing meets a very high standard of clarity. The WriteMark is an internationally recognised quality mark originally developed in New Zealand.


Write Logo

www.write.co.nz

As New Zealand’s premier plain language consultancy, we believe in the social, ethical, and financial benefits that come from communicating in plain language. We help our clients to form better relationships with their own clients and stakeholders. 

That’s why we’re a proud sponsor of the Plain English Awards. Supporting the Awards fits perfectly with our business values. (And it’s no coincidence that our CE Lynda Harris founded the Awards more than 15 years ago!)

We look forward to congratulating all the winners and finalists, and to working on a prize project with the winner of the award for Plain English Champion — Best Organisation.  We also provide sponsorship in the form of Awards administration and project management.

 

General sponsors


www.wrightfamilyfoundation.org.nz

For 20 years, humanitarians Chloe and Wayne Wright have tirelessly dedicated their time, and generous financial contributions, to providing educational services that improve the lives and prospects of New Zealanders, with a particular focus on mothers and children.

The Wright Family Foundation is a valued sponsor of the Awards.


www.graphicsolutions.co.nz

Graphic Solutions is a boutique Wellington design studio, routinely going the extra kilometre for their clients.

Graphic Solutions is a valued sponsor of the Awards, lending their particular design flair to the Awards branding and publications.

Listen to Craig Christensen from Graphic Solutions explain why he’s a believer in the Awards and a long-term sponsor.


printing.com Thorndon

www.printing.com/nz/studio/wellington

We help businesses and organisations to promote themselves more cost-effectively. We’ve been doing this for over 15 years so we are pretty good at it. As well as a large variety of print services, we can also take care of your design, creative and web requirements and offer some pretty nifty online solutions. Best of all, we’re real people and we’re local to you.

Printing.com is proud to sponsor the Plain English Awards for the sixth year running.

We see the Awards as being extremely important for supporting the government and business sectors as they continuously improve the way they communicate with the general public of New Zealand.

Printing.com is a valued sponsor of the Awards.


Image, newsroom logo

http://www.newsroom.co.nz

Newsroom is an independent, New Zealand-based news and current affairs site. We deliver in-depth storytelling for thinking audiences with an interest in the people, progress, and democracy of Aotearoa. Our team of experienced, award-winning journalists produces quality written and video stories that set the national news agenda and inform intelligent conversations at every level of New Zealand life.

Newsroom is our media partner.


MoneyHub.co.nz

Since 2018, MoneyHub.co.nz has developed and published guides, tools and resources that offer financial education and transparency to anyone with an internet connection. With plain English communication at the heart of everything they do, the team at MoneyHub is delighted to promote and support entries in the Plain English Awards.


Consumer
www.consumer.org.nz

Consumer has supported the Awards since they began. The aims of the Awards are a natural fit for Consumer’s mission.

What we do in a nutshell:

  • Investigate issues we reckon consumers need to know more about
  • Mystery shop and survey to keep businesses honest
  • Give advice to thousands of consumers about their rights and how to exercise them
  • Campaign to get laws and regulations changed to benefit consumers
  • Recommend businesses you can trust

www.nzsuperfund.co.nz

Investors like the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation rely on high-quality disclosure and clear, easily comparable information from companies so that they can make good investment decisions.

We believe that environmental, social, and governance factors are material to long-term investment returns, and aim to integrate these factors into all aspects of our investment activities. Supporting the Award for Best Plain English Annual Report is a way for us to encourage improved disclosure from New Zealand companies on governance, risk, strategies and performance — both financial and non-financial.

 

Other sponsors


Editor Software

www.editorsoftware.com

Our award-winning software can help you transform your writing into a clear, concise and readable style. The savings to individuals and organisations in time, administration and increased sales are massive.

Editor Software provides StyleWriter software as prizes for the winners.


www.junoinvesting.co.nz

JUNO combines investment and lifestyle in a beautiful luxury magazine. The magazine caters to all investors, from the beginner through to the sophisticated. This high-quality publication explains financial concepts in plain English and provides in-depth market commentary from a team of experts. It’s all about simplified investing.


Kendons

www.kendons.co.nz

Kendons provides enduring value to business and offers:

  • Software solutions
  • Financial and management reporting
  • Business strategy and advice
  • Taxation
  • Audits and review engagements
  • Business valuations

At Kendons, your success is our motivation.

Kendons sponsors the Awards by providing accounting support and financial advice.