www.dia.govt.nz

Department of Internal Affairs

June 2026 scan

Rank
#94 of 489 websites, #1 = worst
Avg. issues
3.74 issues/page
Issues found
2,242
Pages scanned
300 173 with issues
Issue types
7

Trend

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

Supporting figures

How this quarter's 2,242 issues divide by severity and by viewport. Every page is scanned twice, once at each viewport.

Critical issues
54
Serious issues
2,188
Moderate issues
0
Minor issues
0
Pages scanned (mobile)
300
Pages scanned (desktop)
300
Mobile issues
1,121
Desktop issues
1,121

Top 10 repeated issues

Ranked by how many issues each causes, out of 278 elements at fault.

Fixing these would resolve 1,232 of this website's 2,242 issues — a 55% reduction.

1. list

WCAG Success Criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A)

Ensure that lists are structured correctly

<ul>

600 issues on 29 pages · Seen on About Internal Affairs - Ministers and governance - Statutory Bodies - dia.govt.nz

2. html-has-lang

WCAG Success Criterion 3.1.1 Language of Page (Level A)

Ensure every HTML document has a lang attribute

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

306 issues on 153 pages · Seen on What's New - dia.govt.nz

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="#one"></a>

60 issues on 29 pages · Seen on Fire Policy - dia.govt.nz

4. 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="#three"></a>

58 issues on 27 pages · Seen on Fire Policy - dia.govt.nz

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="#two"></a>

58 issues on 29 pages · Seen on Fire Policy - dia.govt.nz

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="#four"></a>

40 issues on 20 pages · Seen on Local Government Policy - dia.govt.nz

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 href="#five"></a>

38 issues on 19 pages · Seen on Local Government Policy - dia.govt.nz

8. list

WCAG Success Criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A)

Ensure that lists are structured correctly

<ul> <ul> <!-- body end --> </ul></ul>

24 issues on 12 pages · Seen on Press Releases - dia.govt.nz

9. list

WCAG Success Criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A)

Ensure that lists are structured correctly

<ul> <ul> <ul> <!-- body end --> </ul></ul></ul>

24 issues on 12 pages · Seen on Press Releases - dia.govt.nz

10. list

WCAG Success Criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A)

Ensure that lists are structured correctly

<ul> <ul> <ul> <ul> <!-- body end --> </ul></ul></ul></ul>

24 issues on 12 pages · Seen on Press Releases - dia.govt.nz