Meet the organisations and people that have entered or been nominated in the 2025 Plain Language Awards

Thanks to everyone who entered the 2025 Plain Language Awards.

The entries we’ve received show the skill of crafting clear communication is thriving. Good luck to all who entered or were nominated!

Auckland Council
Auckland Emergency Management
Citizens Advice Bureau New Zealand | Ngā Pou Whakawhirinaki o Aotearoa
Department of Internal Affairs
Enliven, Part of Each
ESL News New Zealand
Fulton Hogan Limited

Greater Wellington Regional Council
Hamilton City Council
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
Healthify He Puna Waiora | Health Navigator Charitable Trust
Heidi Fog
Helen Bradford, Capire
Heritage New Zealand | Pouhere Taonga
Indi | The Independent Mortgage Company
Jamila Savoy, Plain Language Matters
Justice Andrew Becroft, Courts of New Zealand | Ngā Kōti o Aotearoa

KidsHealth, The Paediatric Society of New Zealand | Te Kāhui Mātai Arotamariki o Aotearoa
Kiwibank
Little pink typewriter / FIELD Engineers
Louisa Eades, WorkSafe
Make it Easy Kia Māmā Mai | People First New Zealand Ngā Tāngata Tuatahi
Manaaki Tāngata | Victim Support
Mercedes Glover
Mercury
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Ministry of Education | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga
Ministry of Social Development
Moretalk and Family Law Section of the New Zealand Law Society

National Emergency Management Agency
Nicolina Newcombe and Imalka Kannangara, IHC Group
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Office of the Inspectorate
Palmerston North City Council
Predator Free Wellington
Reserve Bank of New Zealand | Te Pūtea Matua
Sarah Shore, Fulton Hogan Limited
Sorted, Te Ara Ahunga Ora | Retirement Commission
Stronger Schools, Streamliners

Talking Trouble Aotearoa NZ
Te Waihanga | New Zealand Infrastructure Commission
The Personal Advocacy and Safeguarding Adults Trust
Transport Rebuild East Coast (TREC) Alliance
Volunteering New Zealand | Tūao Aotearoa
Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland
Watercare Services Limited
Whai Rawa, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
Whānau Āwhina Plunket