A line-up of the best for 2022 | Photo by Nicola Welby
We’re excited to announce the winners in the 2021 Plain English Awards! Check back soon for more information about each winner and finalist.
Plain English Champion — Best Organisation
- Winner: Citizens Advice Bureau New Zealand
- Finalist: Legalite
Plain English Champion — Best Individual or Team
- Winner: Lauren Kelindeman — Legalite
- Finalist: Gretchen Rasch — Cawthron Institute
- Finalist: thinkstep-anz team
Best Plain English Document — Public Sector
- Winner: Health Navigator NZ — Empagliflozin
- Finalist: Dunedin City Council— tō tātou eke whakamuri: the future of us
- Finalist: Leading Lights — Consent to Request Support and Share Information
- Finalist: Ministry of Social Development — COVID-19 emails to clients 2020
- Finalist: Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency — The New Zealand code for cycling
Best Plain English Document — Private Sector
- Winner: Ryman Healthcare — myRyman Life eLearning tool
- Finalist: Summer KiwiSaver Scheme — Transferring Australian superannuation to the Summer KiwiSaver scheme
- Finalist: Litmus and Alzheimers NZ — This is our story: A qualitative research report on living with dementia
Best Plain English Website — Public Sector
Best Plain English Website — Private Sector
No winners this year
Best Plain English Sentence Transformation
- Winner: Auckland Council — Sentence from Change of Dog Ownership online form
Best Plain English Technical Communicator
- Winner: thinkstep-anz team
Best Plain English Annual Report
- Winner: National Trauma Network — New Zealand Trauma Registry Annual Report 2019/20
- Finalist: Ministry for Primary Industries — Ministry for Primary Industries Annual Report 2019/20
- Finalist: Domain Name Commission — 2020–2021 Annual Report » Domain Name Commission NZ
Best Plain English Legal Document
- Winner: Southern Cross Travel Insurance — Domestic Travel Insurance Policy Document
- Finalist: Accuro Health Insurance — Accuro Health Insurance SmartCare+ Policy Document
- Finalist: Behavioural Science Aotearoa, Ministry of Justice — Protection Order Information Packs
Best Plain English Turnaround
- Winner: Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency — The New Zealand code for cycling
- Finalist: Accuro Health Insurance — Accuro Health Insurance SmartCare+ Policy Document
People’s Choice — Best Plain English Communication
- Winner: Kiwibank — We’re improving our home loan documents
- Finalist: Kiwi Wealth — Kiwi Wealth: State of the Investor Nation Report June 2021
- Finalist: Masterton District Council — A Dog’s Tale newsletter
People’s Choice — Worst Brainstrain Communication
No entries this year!
