Congratulations to all organisations that made the shortlist! They're below in alphabetical order.

Plain English Champion — Best Organisation

ANZ
Castalia Strategic Advisors

Plain English Champion — Best Individual or Team

ANZ — Cushla Scholfield
ANZ — Consumer Law Reform team
ANZ — Wealth team
Careers New Zealand — Online Content team

Plain English Champion — Best Project

ANZ
Electricity and Gas Complaints Commissioner Scheme
Mercer
Ministry of Social Development

Best Plain English Document — Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)

Commerce Commission — Borrowing money or buying goods on credit: Know your rights
Inland Revenue — Our Organisation 2015–2017
Ministry of Social Development — Protect Your Future with an Enduring Power of Attorney
Ministry of Social Development — The Business of Ageing Update 2015
OSPRI — Aerial operation factsheet — Aohanga
Quitline — Quit smoking resource for pregnant women
Wellington City Council — Get prepared for an emergency

Best Plain English Document — Private Sector

ANZ — Home Loan Agreement
ANZ — Credit Card Agreement
ANZ — Home Loan Preapproval Letter
ANZ Investments — Private Global Equity Fund Monthly Fact Sheet
ANZ Investments — KiwiSaver Scheme Investment Statement
ANZ Investments — OneAnswer Investment Funds (Single-Asset Class) Investment Statement
Beef + Lamb — 2015 Sheepmeat and Beef Levy Referendum, levy proposal, pocket guide and team guide
Moneta Media — Juno (Spring 2015)
OnePath Life (NZ) Limited — Life and Living Insurance — Policy Document  
Woods Creative — Enzed Exotics Brochure

Best Plain English Website — Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)

Accident Compensation Corporation and the New Zealand Transport Agency — www.practice.co.nz
Careers NZ — www.careers.govt.nz
Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University — www.ehinz.ac.nz
Electricity Authority — www.ea.govt.nz/consumers
Govt.nz/Department of Internal Affairs — www.govt.nz
Inland Revenue — www.ird.govt.nz/property
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment — www.tenancy.govt.nz

Best Plain English Website — Private Sector

ANZ — www.anz.co.nz/about-us/corporate-responsibility/community/microsite/financial-hardship/home
St Mary’s Early Childhood Education Centre — www.stmaryschildcare.org.nz
Woods the Creative Agency — www.enzedexotics.com

Best Plain English Sentence Transformation

ANZ — sentence from ANZ Guarantee
Electricity and Gas Complaints Commissioner Scheme — sentence from The Electricity and Gas Complaints Commissioner Scheme Document
Electricity and Gas Complaints Commissioner Scheme — sentence from The Electricity and Gas Complaints Commissioner Scheme Document
M2PP Alliance — sentence from Construction of Mechanically Stabilised Earth (MSE) Walls
Ministry of Transport — sentence from Future Demand Report
Moneta Media Limited — sentence from Unconstrained Opportunities: The value of global small cap investing. Juno magazine (Winter 2015)
Moneta Media Limited — sentence from Unconstrained Opportunities: The value of global small cap investing. Juno magazine (Winter 2015)
NZ Defence Force — sentence from Chief of Staff Biography
Saunders Robinson Brown — sentence from Agreement for sale and purchase of land
Statistics NZ — sentence from Commuting patterns in greater Christchurch: Trends from the Census of Population and Dwellings 2006 and 2013

Best Plain English Technical Communicator

Meredith Evans, Synlait Milk
Sarah Wilcox, Descipher
Victoria Anderson, NZ Defence Force
Emma Adcock, OSPRI

Best Plain English Annual Report

ANZ — ANZ KiwiSaver Scheme Annual Report
Mercer — 2015 Mercer KiwiSaver Scheme Annual Report
Watercare Services Limited — Watercare Annual Report 2014

Best Plain English Legal Document

ANZ — Home Loan Agreement
ANZ — ANZ Guarantee
OnePath Life (NZ) Limited — ANZ Life and Living Insurance — Policy Document
TVNZ — House Rules

Best Plain English Turnaround

ANZ — ANZ Credit Card agreement
Moneta Media Limited — For Sale — Small Business, Owners Ready to Move on. Juno (Spring 2015)
OnePath Life (NZ) Limited — ANZ Life and Living Insurance — Policy Document
OSPRI — Managing TB in your community
OSPRI — NAIT email — movement to confirm
OSPRI — Preparing for TB testing
OSPRI — Can’t contact letter
OSPRI — NAIT tutorial video — confirming movements
OSPRI — NAIT tutorial video — registering animals
Worksafe — Above Ground Fuel Storage on Farms

People’s Choice — Best Plain English Communication

ACC — www.findsupport.co.nz
ANZ — Investment Statement for the ANZ KiwiSaver Scheme
Flick Electric Co — Customer Terms and Conditions 22 April 2014
Goodnest Ltd — www.goodnest.co.nz
Mercer — Helping Kiwis Retire with More: Mercer KiwiSaver Scheme Annual Report 31 March 2014
Westpac — www.westpac.co.nz/home-loans 

People’s Choice — Worst ‘Brainstrain’ Communication

We can’t very well congratulate the ‘Brainstrain’ shortlist but here it is!

Financial Markets Authority — Managed investment scheme (MIS) manager
Funds Administration NZ Limited — Lifestages KiwiSaver Scheme Investor Update
Hamilton City Council — Digital Hamilton: Enabling development of a great New Zealand City
NZ Police — Vetting Service — Request and Consent Form
Spark NZ — www.spark.co.nz/help/landline/plans-services/vision-access-reports
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