treaties.mfat.govt.nz

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

June 2026 scan

Rank
#29 of 489 websites, #1 = worst
Avg. issues
10.00 issues/page
Issues found
120
Pages scanned
6 6 with issues
Issue types
6

Trend

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

Supporting figures

How this quarter's 120 issues divide by severity and by viewport. Every page is scanned twice, once at each viewport.

Critical issues
42
Serious issues
66
Moderate issues
12
Minor issues
0
Pages scanned (mobile)
6
Pages scanned (desktop)
6
Mobile issues
46
Desktop issues
74

Top 10 repeated issues

Ranked by how many issues each causes, out of 43 elements at fault.

Fixing these would resolve 54 of this website's 120 issues — a 45% reduction.

1. 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 href="mailto:info@mfat.govt.nz">info@mfat.govt.nz</a>

12 issues on 6 pages · Seen on New Zealand Treaties Online

2. meta-viewport

WCAG Success Criterion 1.4.4 Resize Text (Level AA)

Ensure <meta name="viewport"> does not disable text scaling and zooming

<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale = 1.0,maximum-scale = 1.0">

12 issues on 6 pages · Seen on New Zealand Treaties Online

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="/search" class="search"><i class="icon-search icon-large"></i></a>

6 issues on 6 pages · Seen on New Zealand Treaties Online

4. 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

<b>CTRL</b>

4 issues on 1 page · Seen on New Zealand Treaties Online - Search

5. 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 href="https://legalinstruments.oecd.org/en/">OECD website</a>

4 issues on 2 pages · Seen on New Zealand Treaties Online

6. 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 href="https://treaties.un.org/Pages/Content.aspx?path=DB/UNTS/pageIntro_en.xml">United Nations Tr…

4 issues on 2 pages · Seen on New Zealand Treaties Online

7. 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 href="https://www.treaties.mfat.govt.nz/search/details/t/3706">M2010/01</a>

4 issues on 2 pages · Seen on New Zealand Treaties Online

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="/home" accesskey="1"><i class="icon-home icon-large"></i></a>

4 issues on 4 pages · Seen on New Zealand Treaties Online - About

9. 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

<a id="search_treaty" href="#" class="current">Search Treaties</a>

2 issues on 1 page · Seen on New Zealand Treaties Online - Search

10. 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

<em>(Hold down <b>CTRL</b> to select multiple subjects)</em>

2 issues on 1 page · Seen on New Zealand Treaties Online - Search