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Plain English Champion — Best Organisation

Winner: Office of the Banking Ombudsman

Finalist: Ocean Design

Finalist: Waikato District Health Board

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Plain English Champion — 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

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Plain English Champion — 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

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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

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Best Plain English Document — 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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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

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Best Plain English Website — Private Sector

Winner: Springload — www.springload.co.nz

Finalist: Pinnacle Life — www.pinnaclelife.co.nz

Finalist: Seafood Industry Training Organisation — www.seafoodito.co.nz

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Best Sentence Transformation

Winner: ACC

Finalist: Greater Wellington Regional Council

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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

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People’s Choice — 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

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People’s Choice — ‘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

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People’s Choice — ‘Brainstrain’ Website

Winner: Vodafone NZ — Prepay Broadband Terms and Conditions www.help.vodafone.co.nz/

Finalist: Department of Internal Affairs — dia.govt.nz

Finalist: Plain Communications — www.plain.co.nz