www.building.govt.nz

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

June 2026 scan

Rank
#55 of 489 websites, #1 = worst
Avg. issues
6.15 issues/page
Issues found
3,692
Pages scanned
300 300 with issues
Issue types
9

Trend

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

Supporting figures

How this quarter's 3,692 issues divide by severity and by viewport. Every page is scanned twice, once at each viewport.

Critical issues
3,008
Serious issues
684
Moderate issues
0
Minor issues
0
Pages scanned (mobile)
300
Pages scanned (desktop)
300
Mobile issues
1,846
Desktop issues
1,846

Top 10 repeated issues

Ranked by how many issues each causes, out of 44 elements at fault.

Fixing these would resolve 3,604 of this website's 3,692 issues — a 98% reduction.

1. aria-required-children

WCAG Success Criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A)

Ensure elements with an ARIA role that require child roles contain them

<div class="footer-logos" role="list" aria-label="Government links">

600 issues on 300 pages · Seen on Building Performance

2. aria-required-children

WCAG Success Criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A)

Ensure elements with an ARIA role that require child roles contain them

<div class="layout-col-3 layout-col about-us" role="list" aria-label="Social links">

600 issues on 300 pages · Seen on Building Performance

3. aria-required-children

WCAG Success Criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A)

Ensure elements with an ARIA role that require child roles contain them

<div class="layout-row first" role="list" aria-label="Navigation">

600 issues on 300 pages · Seen on Building Performance

4. aria-required-children

WCAG Success Criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A)

Ensure elements with an ARIA role that require child roles contain them

<div class="layout-row last" role="list" aria-label="Legal links">

600 issues on 300 pages · Seen on Building Performance

5. aria-required-children

WCAG Success Criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A)

Ensure elements with an ARIA role that require child roles contain them

<div class="layout-row second" role="list" aria-label="What are you looking for?">

600 issues on 300 pages · Seen on Building Performance

6. 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="/" itemprop="item"><span itemprop="name">Home</span></a>

564 issues on 282 pages · Seen on About us | Building Performance

7. aria-input-field-name

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

Ensure every ARIA input field has an accessible name

<ul class="optionset form-group--no-label" id="Form_RatingForm_Rating" aria-required="true" role="li…

10 issues on 5 pages · Seen on Toilet calculator | Building Performance

8. nested-interactive

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

Ensure interactive controls are not nested as they are not always announced by screen readers or can cause focus problems for assistive technologies

<li class="even val2 js-radio" role="option"> <input id="Form_RatingForm_Rating_2" class="radio" …

10 issues on 5 pages · Seen on Toilet calculator | Building Performance

9. nested-interactive

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

Ensure interactive controls are not nested as they are not always announced by screen readers or can cause focus problems for assistive technologies

<li class="even val4 js-radio" role="option"> <input id="Form_RatingForm_Rating_4" class="radio" …

10 issues on 5 pages · Seen on Toilet calculator | Building Performance

10. nested-interactive

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

Ensure interactive controls are not nested as they are not always announced by screen readers or can cause focus problems for assistive technologies

<li class="odd val1 js-radio" role="option"> <input id="Form_RatingForm_Rating_1" class="radio" n…

10 issues on 5 pages · Seen on Toilet calculator | Building Performance