www.courtsofnz.govt.nz

Ministry of Justice

June 2026 scan

Rank
#257 of 489 websites, #1 = worst
Avg. issues
0.38 issues/page
Issues found
227
Pages scanned
300 93 with issues
Issue types
5

Trend

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

Supporting figures

How this quarter's 227 issues divide by severity and by viewport. Every page is scanned twice, once at each viewport.

Critical issues
8
Serious issues
219
Moderate issues
0
Minor issues
0
Pages scanned (mobile)
300
Pages scanned (desktop)
300
Mobile issues
157
Desktop issues
70

Top 10 repeated issues

Ranked by how many issues each causes, out of 58 elements at fault.

Fixing these would resolve 135 of this website's 227 issues — a 59% reduction.

1. scrollable-region-focusable

WCAG Success Criteria 2.1.1 Keyboard · 2.1.3 Keyboard (No Exception) (Level A)

Ensure elements that have scrollable content are accessible by keyboard

<table class="tableizer-table">

51 issues on 37 pages · Seen on High Court - cases and volumes - for the 12 months ending 30 June 2019 — Courts of New Zealand

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 href="" class="footer__lower-link"></a>

26 issues on 13 pages · Seen on Courtney Pauline Churchward v The King [2025] SC 158/2025 — Courts of New Zealand

3. scrollable-region-focusable

WCAG Success Criteria 2.1.1 Keyboard · 2.1.3 Keyboard (No Exception) (Level A)

Ensure elements that have scrollable content are accessible by keyboard

<table>

21 issues on 8 pages · Seen on The Old High Court - Restoration — Courts of New Zealand

4. list

WCAG Success Criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A)

Ensure that lists are structured correctly

<ul class="sitemap-list sitemap-list--child">

10 issues on 1 page · Seen on Site map — Courts of New Zealand

5. 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="/assets/4-About-the-judiciary/rules_committee/meetings/criminal-rules-subcommittee-minutes-…

8 issues on 1 page · Seen on Criminal Rules Sub-Committee — Courts of New Zealand

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 class="internal-link" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="assets/going-to-court/practice-dir…

4 issues on 1 page · Seen on High Court — Courts of New Zealand

7. 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="ss-broken" href="/page-not-found"><span class="internal-link" style="box-sizing: border-bo…

4 issues on 1 page · Seen on Annual Statistics for the year ended 31 December 2021 — Courts of New Zealand

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="/assets/4-About-the-judiciary/rules_committee/criminal-rules-sub-committee/criminalrulessub…

4 issues on 1 page · Seen on Criminal Rules Sub-Committee — Courts of New Zealand

9. scrollable-region-focusable

WCAG Success Criteria 2.1.1 Keyboard · 2.1.3 Keyboard (No Exception) (Level A)

Ensure elements that have scrollable content are accessible by keyboard

<table class="tableizer-table" style="width: 100%;">

4 issues on 4 pages · Seen on High Court Criminal trials workload statistics — Courts of New Zealand

10. scrollable-region-focusable

WCAG Success Criteria 2.1.1 Keyboard · 2.1.3 Keyboard (No Exception) (Level A)

Ensure elements that have scrollable content are accessible by keyboard

<table class="plain" style="text-align: center;">

3 issues on 1 page · Seen on Judgment delivery statistics 2012 - 2020 — Courts of New Zealand