www.charities.govt.nz

Department of Internal Affairs

June 2026 scan

Rank
#47 of 489 websites, #1 = worst
Avg. issues
6.80 issues/page
Issues found
4,080
Pages scanned
300 300 with issues
Issue types
8

Trend

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

Supporting figures

How this quarter's 4,080 issues divide by severity and by viewport. Every page is scanned twice, once at each viewport.

Critical issues
968
Serious issues
2,512
Moderate issues
600
Minor issues
0
Pages scanned (mobile)
300
Pages scanned (desktop)
300
Mobile issues
2,039
Desktop issues
2,041

Top 10 repeated issues

Ranked by how many issues each causes, out of 295 elements at fault.

Fixing these would resolve 3,276 of this website's 4,080 issues — a 80% reduction.

1. 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

<p>Charity registration applications are currently taking up to 20 weeks to process. We appreciate y…

600 issues on 300 pages · Seen on Charities Services

2. 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

<p>Search <span class="desktop-tag-line">the site</span></p>

600 issues on 300 pages · Seen on Charities Services

3. 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

<span class="desktop-tag-line">the site</span>

600 issues on 300 pages · Seen on Charities Services

4. label

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

Ensure every form element has a label

<input type="text" name="query" class="text" id="BootstrapForm_SearchSiteForm_keyword">

600 issues on 300 pages · Seen on Charities Services

5. 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="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, minimum-sca…

600 issues on 300 pages · Seen on Charities Services

6. 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

<p class="FindOutMore education">Find out more</p>

76 issues on 6 pages · Seen on Charities Services | Guidance for running your charity

7. label

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

Ensure every form element has a label

<input type="text" name="queries_decision_name_query" value="" class="sq-form-field" id="queries_dec…

50 issues on 25 pages · Seen on Charities Services | View the decisions

8. select-name

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

Ensure select element has an accessible name

<select name="queries_decision_date_query_fromvalue[d]" id="queries_decision_date_query_fromvalue_d"…

50 issues on 25 pages · Seen on Charities Services | View the decisions

9. select-name

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

Ensure select element has an accessible name

<select name="queries_decision_date_query_fromvalue[m]" id="queries_decision_date_query_fromvalue_m"…

50 issues on 25 pages · Seen on Charities Services | View the decisions

10. select-name

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

Ensure select element has an accessible name

<select name="queries_decision_date_query_tovalue[d]" id="queries_decision_date_query_tovalue_d" cla…

50 issues on 25 pages · Seen on Charities Services | View the decisions