Use Plain English in official documents
Want to make plain English the standard in your organisation?
Start by training staff, adopting plain English guidelines, and editing official documents into plain English.
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Style guidelines from New Zealand government agencies
Plain English trainers and editors in New Zealand
Good examples of public information in plain English
The following sites are great examples of clear, useful communication. If some government agencies can communicate clearly, they all can. That's what we want.
New Zealand Department of Conservation
Team Up (Ministry of Education)
Get Ready, Get Thru
Information for migrants and refugees (Career Services)
Inland Revenue
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
What's the plan Stan
Other resources, examples and tools
Links to resources on other sitesIt's the law
The War on Words. Dominion Post, 12 July 2008 [PDF, 1.4 MB, 1 page]
Flyer for Plain English Power [PDF, 1 page, 392KB]