www.communitymatters.govt.nz

Department of Internal Affairs

June 2026 scan

Rank
#34 of 489 websites, #1 = worst
Avg. issues
8.22 issues/page
Issues found
4,932
Pages scanned
300 300 with issues
Issue types
10

Trend

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

Supporting figures

How this quarter's 4,932 issues divide by severity and by viewport. Every page is scanned twice, once at each viewport.

Critical issues
786
Serious issues
3,546
Moderate issues
600
Minor issues
0
Pages scanned (mobile)
300
Pages scanned (desktop)
300
Mobile issues
1,339
Desktop issues
3,593

Top 10 repeated issues

Ranked by how many issues each causes, out of 357 elements at fault.

Fixing these would resolve 3,300 of this website's 4,932 issues — a 67% reduction.

1. 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 Community Matters

2. aria-prohibited-attr

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

Ensure ARIA attributes are not prohibited for an element's role

<div class="header__toggles--nav" id="navToggle" aria-controls="primaryNav" aria-label="Toggle open …

300 issues on 300 pages · Seen on Community Matters

3. aria-prohibited-attr

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

Ensure ARIA attributes are not prohibited for an element's role

<div class="header__toggles--search" id="searchToggle" aria-controls="headerSearch" aria-label="Togg…

300 issues on 300 pages · Seen on Community Matters

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

<ul class="navigation__items navigation__items--l1" role="menu">

300 issues on 300 pages · Seen on Community Matters

5. aria-required-parent

WCAG Success Criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A)

Ensure elements with an ARIA role that require parent roles are contained by them

<a href="https://www.communitymatters.govt.nz/logging-into-the-grants-management-system" title="Appl…

300 issues on 300 pages · Seen on Community Matters

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

<a href="https://www.communitymatters.govt.nz/logging-into-the-grants-management-system" title="Appl…

300 issues on 300 pages · Seen on Community Matters

7. 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

<div class="footer__copyright" tabindex="0"> Crown copyright © 2026 </div>

300 issues on 300 pages · Seen on Community Matters

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

<div class="title">Available funding</div>

300 issues on 300 pages · Seen on Community Matters

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

<div class="title">For Communities</div>

300 issues on 300 pages · Seen on Community Matters

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

<div class="title">Information</div>

300 issues on 300 pages · Seen on Community Matters