2015 Plain English Awards winners and finalists
Congratulations to the winners and finalists in the 2015 WriteMark Plain English Awards! More photos coming soon.
Click on the winners' and finalists' names to view their media statements and some of the judges' comments.
Plain English Champion — Best Organisation
Winner: Castalia Strategic Advisors
Finalist: ANZ
Plain English Champion — Best Individual or Team
Winner: Careers New Zealand — Online Content team
Finalist: ANZ — Cushla Scholfield
Finalist: ANZ — Wealth team
Plain English Champion — Best Project
Winner: Ministry of Social Development
Finalist: ANZ
Finalist: Mercer
Best Plain English Document — Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)
Winner: Commerce Commission — Borrowing money or buying goods on credit: Know your rights
Finalist: Inland Revenue — Our Organisation 2015–2017
Finalist: Ministry of Social Development — Protect Your Future with an Enduring Power of Attorney
Finalist: Quitline — Quit smoking resource for pregnant women
Finalist: Wellington City Council — Get prepared for an emergency
Best Plain English Document — Private Sector
Winner: Beef + Lamb — 2015 Sheepmeat and Beef Levy Referendum, levy proposal, pocket guide and team guide
Finalist: ANZ — Home Loan Agreement
Finalist: ANZ Investments — KiwiSaver Scheme Investment Statement
Finalist: Moneta Media — Juno (Spring 2015)
Best Plain English Website — Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)
Winner: Govt.nz/Department of Internal Affairs — www.govt.nz
Finalist: Inland Revenue — www.ird.govt.nz/property
Finalist: The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment — www.tenancy.govt.nz
Best Plain English Website — Private Sector
Winner: Woods the Creative Agency — www.enzedexotics.com
Finalist: ANZ — ANZ Financial Hardship Microsite
Finalist: St Mary’s Early Childhood Education Centre — www.stmaryschildcare.org.nz
Best Plain English Sentence Transformation
Winner: Statistics NZ — sentence from Commuting patterns in greater Christchurch: Trends from the Census of Population and Dwellings 2006 and 2013
Finalist: ANZ — sentence from ANZ Guarantee
Finalist: Saunders Robinson Brown — sentence from Agreement for sale and purchase of land
Best Plain English Technical Communicator
Winner: Meredith Evans, Synlait Milk
Finalist: Sarah Wilcox, Descipher
Finalist: Emma Adcock, OSPRI
Best Plain English Annual Report
Winner: Mercer — 2015 Mercer KiwiSaver Scheme Annual Report
Finalist: ANZ Investments — ANZ KiwiSaver Scheme Annual Report
Finalist: Watercare Services Limited — Watercare Annual Report 2014
Best Plain English Legal Document
Winner: OnePath Life (NZ) Limited — ANZ Life and Living Insurance — Policy Document
Finalist: ANZ — Home Loan Agreement
Finalist: ANZ — ANZ Guarantee
Finalist: TVNZ — House Rules
Best Plain English Turnaround
Winner: OSPRI — Preparing for TB testing
Finalist: OSPRI — Can’t contact letter
Finalist: OSPRI — NAIT tutorial video — registering animals
People's Choice — Best Plain English Communication
Winner: Westpac — www.westpac.co.nz/home-loans
Finalist: ACC — www.findsupport.co.nz
Finalist: ANZ — Investment Statement for the ANZ KiwiSaver Scheme
People's Choice — Worst 'Brainstrain' Communication
We can’t very well congratulate the 'Brainstrain' winner and finalists but here they are!
Winner: Funds Administration NZ Limited — Lifestages KiwiSaver Scheme Investor Update
Finalist: Hamilton City Council — Digital Hamilton: Enabling development of a great New Zealand City
Finalist: NZ Police — Vetting Service — Request and Consent Form
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