canterbury.royalcommission.govt.nz

Department of Internal Affairs

June 2026 scan

Rank
#132 of 489 websites, #1 = worst
Avg. issues
2.37 issues/page
Issues found
636
Pages scanned
134 134 with issues
Issue types
6

Trend

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

Supporting figures

How this quarter's 636 issues divide by severity and by viewport. Every page is scanned twice, once at each viewport.

Critical issues
268
Serious issues
368
Moderate issues
0
Minor issues
0
Pages scanned (mobile)
134
Pages scanned (desktop)
134
Mobile issues
318
Desktop issues
318

Top 10 repeated issues

Ranked by how many issues each causes, out of 26 elements at fault.

Fixing these would resolve 604 of this website's 636 issues — a 95% reduction.

1. label

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

Ensure every form element has a label

<input name="zoom_query" id="zoom_query" size="14" maxlength="88" class="search-box" type="text">

268 issues on 134 pages · Seen on Royal Commission of Inquiry into Building Failure Caused by the Canterbury Earthquakes - Royal Commission of Inquiry into Building Failure Caused by the Canterbury Earthquakes

2. valid-lang

WCAG Success Criterion 3.1.2 Language of Parts (Level AA)

Ensure lang attributes have valid values

<span lang="”mi”" xml:lang="”mi”">Te Komihana Rūwhenua o Waitaha</span>

268 issues on 134 pages · Seen on Royal Commission of Inquiry into Building Failure Caused by the Canterbury Earthquakes - Royal Commission of Inquiry into Building Failure Caused by the Canterbury Earthquakes

3. link-name

WCAG Success Criteria 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) · 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)

Ensure links have discernible text

<a href="http://canterbury.royalcommission.govt.nz/documents-by-key/20111212.1674"></a>

40 issues on 4 pages · Seen on Hearing Other Buildings Whose Failure Resulted in Loss of Life - Royal Commission of Inquiry into Building Failure Caused by the Canterbury Earthquakes

4. listitem

WCAG Success Criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A)

Ensure <li> elements are used semantically

<li>

12 issues on 1 page · Seen on Final-Report-Volume-One-Contents - Royal Commission of Inquiry into Building Failure Caused by the Canterbury Earthquakes

5. link-name

WCAG Success Criteria 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) · 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)

Ensure links have discernible text

<a href="Hearings-about-other-buildings-whose-failure-resulted-in-loss-of-life-week-2"></a>

4 issues on 1 page · Seen on Hearings about other buildings whose failure caused loss of life week 3 - Royal Commission of Inquiry into Building Failure Caused by the Canterbury Earthquakes

6. list

WCAG Success Criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A)

Ensure that lists are structured correctly

<ul>

4 issues on 2 pages · Seen on About Counsel Assisting - Royal Commission of Inquiry into Building Failure Caused by the Canterbury Earthquakes

7. html-has-lang

WCAG Success Criterion 3.1.1 Language of Page (Level A)

Ensure every HTML document has a lang attribute

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

2 issues on 1 page · Seen on CTV Building Collapse Investigation reports prepared for the Department of Building and Housing

8. link-name

WCAG Success Criteria 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) · 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)

Ensure links have discernible text

<a href="About-Counsel-Assisting"></a>

2 issues on 1 page · Seen on Hearing CTV Building - Week 4 - Royal Commission of Inquiry into Building Failure Caused by the Canterbury Earthquakes

9. link-name

WCAG Success Criteria 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) · 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)

Ensure links have discernible text

<a href="Hearing-Opening-"></a>

2 issues on 1 page · Seen on Hearing Soils Beginning 25 October 2011 - Royal Commission of Inquiry into Building Failure Caused by the Canterbury Earthquakes

10. link-name

WCAG Success Criteria 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) · 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)

Ensure links have discernible text

<a href="http://canterbury.royalcommission.govt.nz/documents-by-key/20111018.469"></a>

2 issues on 1 page · Seen on Hearing Soils Beginning 25 October 2011 - Royal Commission of Inquiry into Building Failure Caused by the Canterbury Earthquakes