collections.archives.govt.nz

Department of Internal Affairs

June 2026 scan

Rank
#97 of 489 websites, #1 = worst
Avg. issues
3.62 issues/page
Issues found
369
Pages scanned
51 51 with issues
Issue types
6

Trend

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

Supporting figures

How this quarter's 369 issues divide by severity and by viewport. Every page is scanned twice, once at each viewport.

Critical issues
150
Serious issues
219
Moderate issues
0
Minor issues
0
Pages scanned (mobile)
51
Pages scanned (desktop)
51
Mobile issues
185
Desktop issues
184

Top 10 repeated issues

Ranked by how many issues each causes, out of 12 elements at fault.

Fixing these would resolve 366 of this website's 369 issues — a 99% reduction.

1. 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 class="logo-link" href="https://www.archives.govt.nz"><div class="ghost-element logo-extra" aria-…

102 issues on 51 pages · Seen on Home | Kāinga - collections.archives.govt.nz

2. 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 class="logo-link" href="https://www.archives.govt.nz"><img class="logo-extra" alt="" src="https:/…

102 issues on 51 pages · Seen on Home | Kāinga - collections.archives.govt.nz

3. button-name

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

Ensure buttons have discernible text

<button class="search-link search-button-trigger search-button-trigger--mobile mobile-menu-button mo…

51 issues on 51 pages · Seen on Home | Kāinga - collections.archives.govt.nz

4. button-name

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

Ensure buttons have discernible text

<button class="modal__open" tabindex="0" data-modal-id="federated-search-input-portlet" role="search…

32 issues on 32 pages · Seen on Home | Kāinga - collections.archives.govt.nz

5. aria-required-attr

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

Ensure elements with ARIA roles have all required ARIA attributes

<input id="_federated_search_in..." placeholder="Search the archives" aria-autocomplete="list" aria-…

21 issues on 12 pages · Seen on Home | Kāinga - collections.archives.govt.nz

6. aria-valid-attr-value

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

Ensure all ARIA attributes have valid values

<input id="_federated_search_in..." placeholder="Search the archives" aria-autocomplete="list" aria-…

21 issues on 12 pages · Seen on Home | Kāinga - collections.archives.govt.nz

7. button-name

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

Ensure buttons have discernible text

<button class="modal__open" tabindex="0" data-modal-id="portlet-simpleSearch" role="search" data-mod…

19 issues on 19 pages · Seen on Creating an account and logging in - collections.archives.govt.nz

8. color-contrast

WCAG Success Criterion 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA)

Ensure the contrast between foreground and background colors meets WCAG 2 AA minimum contrast ratio thresholds

<input type="submit" name=":submit" id="id__selfRegistration..." onclick="$('#id__selfRegistra..." t…

12 issues on 6 pages · Seen on Join the library - collections.archives.govt.nz

9. aria-required-attr

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

Ensure elements with ARIA roles have all required ARIA attributes

<input id="_federated_search_input_portlet_INSTANCE_yhsbHd4oTw7x__simpleSearch_q" placeholder="Searc…

3 issues on 3 pages · Seen on Home | Kāinga - collections.archives.govt.nz

10. aria-valid-attr-value

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

Ensure all ARIA attributes have valid values

<input id="_federated_search_input_portlet_INSTANCE_yhsbHd4oTw7x__simpleSearch_q" placeholder="Searc…

3 issues on 3 pages · Seen on Home | Kāinga - collections.archives.govt.nz