bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz

Department of Internal Affairs

June 2026 scan

Rank
#124 of 489 websites, #1 = worst
Avg. issues
2.54 issues/page
Issues found
137
Pages scanned
27 27 with issues
Issue types
4

Trend

Avg. issues per page for this website, by quarter.

Supporting figures

How this quarter's 137 issues divide by severity and by viewport. Every page is scanned twice, once at each viewport.

Critical issues
72
Serious issues
65
Moderate issues
0
Minor issues
0
Pages scanned (mobile)
27
Pages scanned (desktop)
27
Mobile issues
68
Desktop issues
69

Top 10 repeated issues

Ranked by how many issues each causes, out of 21 elements at fault.

Fixing these would resolve 99 of this website's 137 issues — a 72% reduction.

1. html-has-lang

WCAG Success Criterion 3.1.1 Language of Page (Level A)

Ensure every HTML document has a lang attribute

<html>

54 issues on 27 pages · Seen on Birth, Death and Marriage Historical Records

2. label

WCAG Success Criterion 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)

Ensure every form element has a label

<input value="" class="Text_Field_Mandatory_short" name="natno" type="text" maxlength="11">

12 issues on 6 pages · Seen on Birth Search

3. link-in-text-block

WCAG Success Criterion 1.4.1 Use of Color (Level A)

Ensure links are distinguished from surrounding text in a way that does not rely on color

<a title="Links to the birth search page. " href="/Search/Search?Path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Dbirth…

5 issues on 1 page · Seen on Search

4. label

WCAG Success Criterion 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)

Ensure every form element has a label

<input value="" class="Text_Field" name="bgfirst" type="text" maxlength="150">

4 issues on 2 pages · Seen on Marriage Search

5. label

WCAG Success Criterion 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)

Ensure every form element has a label

<input value="" class="Text_Field" name="brfirst" type="text" maxlength="150">

4 issues on 2 pages · Seen on Marriage Search

6. label

WCAG Success Criterion 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)

Ensure every form element has a label

<input value="" class="Text_Field" name="cfirst" type="text" maxlength="150">

4 issues on 2 pages · Seen on Birth Search

7. label

WCAG Success Criterion 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)

Ensure every form element has a label

<input value="" class="Text_Field" name="dfirst" type="text" maxlength="150">

4 issues on 2 pages · Seen on Death Search

8. label

WCAG Success Criterion 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)

Ensure every form element has a label

<input value="" class="Text_Field" name="mfirst" type="text" maxlength="75">

4 issues on 2 pages · Seen on Birth Search

9. label

WCAG Success Criterion 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)

Ensure every form element has a label

<input value="" class="Text_Field_Mandatory" name="bgsur" type="text" maxlength="150">

4 issues on 2 pages · Seen on Marriage Search

10. label

WCAG Success Criterion 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)

Ensure every form element has a label

<input value="" class="Text_Field_Mandatory" name="brsur" type="text" maxlength="150">

4 issues on 2 pages · Seen on Marriage Search