When your document has earned the WriteMark, your readers know that it is written to the highest standard of clarity.

What is the WriteMark?
The WriteMark is New Zealand's only document quality mark. The WriteMark is awarded to documents written to a high standard of plain English.

What is plain English?
Plain English writing is clear, concise, well structured, and appropriate to the reader. Plain English makes it easy for people to do business with you.

How do you get a WriteMark?
Send us your document; we’ll assess it and let you know if it has met the WriteMark standard.

What do WriteMark assessors look for?
WriteMark assessors check that your document conveys its message to your readers as clearly, concisely, and appropriately as possible.

Who’s behind the WriteMark?
WriteMark is promoted and administered by Write Group Limited, New Zealand’s leading plain English writing consultancy and training organisation. 
 

2010 WriteMark New Zealand Plain English Awards

Hon Christopher Finlayson — Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage; Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations; and Attorney-General — will host the 2010 Plain English Awards at Parliament on 3 September.