Agency accessibility loserboard

This page lets you compare the amount of accessibility issues in NZ Govt agencies. Data is from NZ Govt's official figures, as part of the CWAC monitoring programme.

Accessibility issues are caused when a website breaks the technical accessibility rules (WCAG) that assistive technologies and disabled people rely on. For example, a missing image description, an unlabelled form field, or a button a screen reader can't identify. Accessibility issues may make it difficult or impossible for disabled people to use a website. Accessibility tests are by axe-core.

Note: This is based on automated test data, which covers around 20% of all accessibility issues. Manual testing is required to ensure accessibility for disabled people.

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Agencies: June 2026 figures

Govt mean avg.
2.25 issues per page
Median agency
0.66 issues per page
With issues
43 of 45 95.6% of total
Govt agencies
45
Websites scanned
489
Pages scanned
110,301
Scan coverage
96.8%

Govt-wide trend

Mean avg. issues per page across every measured website, by quarter.

Rankings

Worst-performing agencies first — high issues per page (issues/page) are bad.

Crown Law Office

1 managed site
Rank#1 38.05 avg. issues/page

Cancer Control Agency

2 managed sites
Rank#2 25.48 avg. issues/page

Ministry of Education

32 managed sites
Rank#3 6.47 avg. issues/page

New Zealand Defence Force

9 managed sites
Rank#4 6.15 avg. issues/page

Ministry for Pacific Peoples

2 managed sites
Rank#5 5.85 avg. issues/page

Department of Conservation

14 managed sites
Rank#6 4.12 avg. issues/page

Department of Internal Affairs

48 managed sites
Rank#7 3.61 avg. issues/page

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

4 managed sites
Rank#8 3.29 avg. issues/page

Parliamentary Counsel Office

3 managed sites
Rank#9 3.20 avg. issues/page

The Treasury

7 managed sites
Rank#10 2.97 avg. issues/page

Public Service Commission

15 managed sites
Rank#11 2.68 avg. issues/page

Health New Zealand

12 managed sites
Rank#12 2.67 avg. issues/page

Financial Markets Authority

4 managed sites
Rank#13 2.66 avg. issues/page

New Zealand Customs Service

3 managed sites
Rank#14 2.47 avg. issues/page

Ministry of Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport

17 managed sites
Rank#15 2.44 avg. issues/page

Land Information New Zealand

9 managed sites
Rank#16 2.41 avg. issues/page

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

123 managed sites
Rank#17 1.90 avg. issues/page

Statistics New Zealand

8 managed sites
Rank#18 1.43 avg. issues/page

Ministry of Social Development

41 managed sites
Rank#19 1.09 avg. issues/page

Ministry for Primary Industries

15 managed sites
Rank#20 1.08 avg. issues/page

Charter School Agency

1 managed site
Rank#21 0.98 avg. issues/page

Department of Corrections

5 managed sites
Rank#22 0.76 avg. issues/page

Education Review Office

2 managed sites
Rank#23 0.66 avg. issues/page

Ministry of Justice

22 managed sites
Rank#24 0.63 avg. issues/page

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

8 managed sites
Rank#25 0.32 avg. issues/page

New Zealand Police

2 managed sites
Rank#26 0.20 avg. issues/page

Oranga Tamariki

8 managed sites
Rank#27 0.13 avg. issues/page

Ministry for Culture and Heritage

6 managed sites
Rank#28 0.12 avg. issues/page

Natural Hazards Commission

2 managed sites
Rank#29 0.08 avg. issues/page

Ministry of Health

13 managed sites
Rank#30 0.07 avg. issues/page

Serious Fraud Office

1 managed site
Rank#31 0.07 avg. issues/page

Ministry for Regulation

3 managed sites
Rank#32 0.06 avg. issues/page

Inland Revenue Department

3 managed sites
Rank#33 0.05 avg. issues/page

Ministry for Ethnic Communities

2 managed sites
Rank#34 0.05 avg. issues/page

Government Communications Security Bureau

6 managed sites
Rank#35 0.04 avg. issues/page

Ministry of Defence

2 managed sites
Rank#36 0.04 avg. issues/page

Te Tari Whakatau

3 managed sites
Rank#37 0.03 avg. issues/page

Whaikaha

3 managed sites
Rank#38 0.03 avg. issues/page

Ministry for Women

1 managed site
Rank#39 0.02 avg. issues/page

National Emergency Management Agency

18 managed sites
Rank#40 0.01 avg. issues/page

Te Puni Kōkiri

2 managed sites
Rank#41 0.01 avg. issues/page

New Zealand Security Intelligence Service

3 managed sites
Rank#42 0.01 avg. issues/page

Social Investment Agency

2 managed sites
Rank#43 0.01 avg. issues/page

Aroturuki Tamariki

1 managed site
Rank#44 0.00 avg. issues/page

Family Violence and Sexual Violence Executive Board

1 managed site
Rank#44 0.00 avg. issues/page