People in Plain English Power

Every organisation and individual listed on this page:

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There's no subscription fee for joining this group, and all our work is voluntary. We send members email newsletters... but not too often.

Our honoured patron is David Russell

As Director of the New Zealand Consumer Institute for 18 years, David Russell became the country's best known consumer advocate. Not surprisingly, he has been a supporter of plain English for a very long time. Think fine print, terrible user manuals, and other traps for consumers.

Supporters outside New Zealand

Organisations supporting Plain English Power

We'd like your organisation to be listed here! Ask your club, association, professional organisation, church, neighbourhood watch, not-for-profit or business to join as a group that supports Plain English Power.

AccEase: web site and information accessibility experts, New Zealand
ACT New Zealand
Age Concern: serving the needs of older people
Carers NZ: Help for New Zealand's family, whanau and aiga carers
Child Poverty Action Group: fighting the injustice of poverty
Consumer New Zealand
International New Zealand Artists: representing world class artists
Ministry for the Environment, Manatu Mo Te Taiao
Netco: Web design, build and hosting
New Zealand Cooperatives Association
New Zealand Business Round Table
Synapsys NZ Ltd, Christchurch: learn to transform
TESOLANZ, national association of teachers and tutors of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages)
The Daily English Show: online show for English learners
Wavelength Media, Wellington: multimedia production company
Web Success, Wellington, customer centred design
Wellington People's Centre, Providers of health and advocacy services
Wordskills, Wellington: specialist communication skills training
Write Click, Wellington: web content experts

Committee of Plain English Power

Individual supporters of Plain English Power

Frances Adank, media advisor, Environment Canterbury
Grant Aldridge, taxpayer
Noushad Ali Naseem AMEER ALI, Senior Lecturer, Massey University, Albany
Sunny Amey, retired educator and theatre director
Jenni Armitage, teacher
Laura Armstrong, arts administrator
Margaret Austin, plain English specialist
Susan Bartel, Public Relations Manager, Alexander Turnbull Library
Sylvia Bauer, proofreader and editor
Barbara Bilcich, Senior Communications Advisor
Jan Bolwell, writer, dancer and actor
Sarah Brazil, senior editor
Christine Brennan
John Britton, Otaki Beach
Mike Brown, Webstock
Shona Brown, Senior Communications Advisor
Barbara Cairns, nurse
Helen Cairns, cemetery manager
Ashley Campbell, writer/editor, words on the web
Alix Campbell
Don Carson, Communications Manager, Hutt City Council
Scott Cartwright, web editor
Jan Chalmers, bed and breakfast owner
Sadhna Chandra, Qualifications Manager, Retail Institute
Andrew Chilton, blogger, web developer, co-founder kiwiwriters.org
Anne-Marie Chisnall, editor
Gillian Christie, Words Unlimited, writer, editor, proofreader
Gemma Claire, New Zealand Sign Language interpreter/ Employment Consultant
Leanne Clark, analyst and software developer, Whangarei
Sandra Clark, The Scribe: proofreader and editor
Colleen Cleary, physiotherapist and actor
Hannah Cook, communications advisor
Dale Copeland, assemblage artist
Barbara Crocker, Ministry of Fisheries
Mike Curry, communications manager
Ferrida Curwood, Curwood Communications
Jason Dawson, Community Relations Manager, Northland Regional Council
Andrea Dickens, Project Manager, A J Park
Joanne Dillon, electronic services librarian, web manager
Ngaire Dixon, Editor, Wavelength
Tim Dodgshun, Research technician and part time poet
Vivienne Downes, physics teacher
Kim Dunne, proofreader
Anne Else, writer and editor
Lesley Evans, artist
Katie Fala, communications executive
Anne Feltham, Napier
Mark Fenwick, Group Manager, Communications and marketing, Auckland City Council
Rebecca Forsyth, Communications Officer, Queenstown Lakes District Council
Linda Fowler, Masters student in Human Resource Management
Miriam Frances, proofreader and copy editor
Jacqui Gibson, freelance writing and communications.
Sara Gilbert, editor
Neil Grant, journalist
Amanda Parker, Senior Associate, Simpson Grierson
Lesley Hanes, editor, Statistics New Zealand
David Harris, coordinator, ESOL Home Tutors (Horowhenua - Kapiti)
Jenny Harding, Sector Development Consultant
Jacquie Harrison, AUT University
Alice Hearnshaw, Contented.com
Rodney Hide MP, ACT Party Leader
Simone Hindon, Digital Library Services, Christchurch City Libraries
Cathy Holmes, communications adviser
Celia Hope, ESOL literacy teacher
Kate Hunt, learning designer and editor
Matthew Hunt, technical communicator
Robyn Hunt, AccEase
Helen Varley Jamieson, writer, theatre artist and web queen
Dave Jenkins, accounting services
Cecilia Johnson, ESOL teacher
Liam Johnston, web analyst
Miraz Jordan, writer
Deirdre Kent, community activist, author, gardener
Susanna Kent, doctor
Elizabeth King, communications advisor
Richard King, writer, editor, curator
Annesley Kingston, sales and marketing consultant
Anna Kirk, Communications Administrator, Strategic Development, Taupo District Council
Angela Lamont, communications manager
Patricia Laurenson, writer
Corinna Lines, editor
Kristina Louis, librarian and web writer
Fiona Luhrs, Director, Sustainable Solutions
Geoff McAlpine, doctor
Lesley Maclean, graphic designer and mother
Sarah Maclean, business writer
Graeme McLeod
Alasdair MacMartin, ex-teacher, currently Building Removals Supervisor
Megan McPherson, Senior Communications Advisor, University of Otago
Sandy Mamoli, Agile business analyst
Francois Marier, Open Source developer
Ramsey Margolis, Executive Director, New Zealand Cooperatives Association
Jason Markham, management consultant
Judi Lapsley Miller, research consultant
Myra Mortlock, Instructional Designer, The Open Polytechnic
Anya Muzycha, Support Assistant to Parks, Whangarei District Council
John Neas, student and retired Certified Financial Planner
Frank Neill, assistant editor of LawTalk
Tina Norris, communications and marketing manager
Jane OBrien, librarian (NBHS)
Mike Osborne, web designer
Rebecca Patchett, educational psychologist
Tanya Piejus, communications adviser
Marty Pilott (textbook author, member TESOLANZ executive, manager of private language school)
Michele Poole, Communications Officer, Environment Southland
Lynne Pope, web site and applications developer
Anne Powrie, teacher (NGHS)
Gaylene Preston, filmmaker
Julie Quilter, editor
Jill Remnant, linguistics major
Renée, playwright, novelist and teacher
Jocelyn Rennie, Supervising Editor, Auckland Regional Council
Rachel Richards, PR & Participation Manager & Regional Board Chair for the International Association of Business Communicators
Miriam Richardson, MyWebWorkshop
Mike Riversdale, Online collaboration wrangling
Pauline Rose, Chair, Board of the College of Fellows of the Public Relations Institute of NZ
Frances Ross, communications advisor
Alan Royal, technical writer
Kim Saffron, form and questionnaire designer
Brett Sangster, Communications Manager, Greater Wellington Regional Council
Jan Schrader, editor
Rebecca Sellwood, Nelson
Terri Shaw, Senior Communications Advisor, Ministry of Education
Colleen Sheldon, freelance writer, PR, photographer, Plain English advocate
Ralph Sheppard
Christine Smith, business writing trainer
Maire Smith, editor
Rebekah Smith, support person for editors
Gail Spence, Director, Te Kauri Research Ltd
Vivienne Scott, freelance editor
Deborah Morris-Travers, Advocacy Manager, Barnardos NZ
Maryland Spencer, writer and editor
Nicolas Steenhout, Accessibility NZ
Adrienne Sutcliffe, web content developer
Rowan Taylor, Communication Adviser, Selwyn District Council
Fran Thomson, relief teacher
Linda Thompson MPRINZ, Media / PR /Communications
David Tossman
Marita Vandenberg, Journalist
Deirdre Viviers, lecturer, Open Polytechnic of NZ
Celia Wade-Brown, Wellington City Councillor
Sarah Wale, technical writer and editor
Jacine Warmington, Executive Assistant
Howard Warner, Plain English People
David Webb, training specialist ONTRACK
Sheree Whaanga, publications officer
Anthea Whitlock, business and technical writer, CharlieHorse Communication Services
Sue Wilkins, science and technical publishing manager
Mike Wilkinson, Director, NZSERVERS Ltd
Christine Williams, Wordsmiths
M. Willoughby, Levin
Jack and Jill Wills, Wellington
Sue Wilton, Inland Revenue
Naomi Woodham, Human Resources & Communications Advisor, Hurunui District Council
Susan Wylie, writer, reader, editor and communications coordinator
Elliott Young, Project Manager
Sally Young, communications manager
Simon Young, story listener and story teller
Hans Zindel, Moderator, NZ Fire Service
Sylvia Zlami, Z PR

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