Automated accessibility results for www.healthnz.govt.nz

Health New Zealand

June 2026 scan

Rank
#153 of 489 websites, #1 = worst
Avg. issues
1.74 issues/page
Issues found
1,043
Pages scanned
300 27 with issues
Issue types
9

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Trend

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

More details

Critical issues
21
Serious issues
1,022
Moderate issues
0
Minor issues
0
Pages scanned (mobile)
300
Pages scanned (desktop)
300
Mobile issues
997
Desktop issues
46

Top 3 issue groups

Showing 3 of 977 issue groups, ranked by detected instances.

These groups account for 44 of this website's 1,043 detected issue instances (4%).

1. image-alt

WCAG Success Criterion 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A)

Ensure <img> elements have alternative text or a role of none or presentation

<img class="icon" src="/assets/icons/Siren.svg?m=1765940887">

16 instances on 8 pages Mobile: 8 instances · Desktop: 8 instances

Affected pages (8)
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/ Mobile 1 · Desktop 1
Bay of Plenty https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/hospitals-services/hospitals/bay-of-plenty Mobile 1 · Desktop 1
Nelson, Marlborough and Tasman https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/hospitals-services/hospitals/nelson-marlborough Mobile 1 · Desktop 1
Otago and Southland https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/hospitals-services/hospitals/otago-southland Mobile 1 · Desktop 1
Rotorua and Taupō https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/hospitals-services/hospitals/rotorua-taupo-lakes Mobile 1 · Desktop 1
South Canterbury https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/hospitals-services/hospitals/south-canterbury Mobile 1 · Desktop 1
Taranaki https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/hospitals-services/hospitals/taranaki Mobile 1 · Desktop 1
Which health service should I use? https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/hospitals-services/which-health-service-should-i-use Mobile 1 · Desktop 1

2. svg-img-alt

WCAG Success Criterion 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A)

Ensure <svg> elements with an img, graphics-document or graphics-symbol role have accessible text

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="30" height="30" viewBox="0 0 19 20" fill="none" role=…

16 instances on 8 pages Mobile: 8 instances · Desktop: 8 instances

Affected pages (8)
COVID-19 antiviral medicine https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/health-topics/conditions-treatments/infectious-diseases/covid-19/antiviral-medicines Mobile 1 · Desktop 1
Cryptosporidium https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/health-topics/conditions-treatments/infectious-diseases/cryptosporidium Mobile 1 · Desktop 1
Shingles vaccine https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/health-topics/immunisations/vaccines-aotearoa/shingles-vaccine Mobile 1 · Desktop 1
Abortion (termination of pregnancy) https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/health-topics/pregnancy-maternity/abortion-termination-of-pregnancy Mobile 1 · Desktop 1
Pregnancy and immunisations https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/health-topics/pregnancy-maternity/pregnancy-and-immunisations Mobile 1 · Desktop 1
接種新冠疫苗 https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/languages-alternate-formats/languages/traditional-chinese/getting-covid-19-vaccines-cn-traditional Mobile 1 · Desktop 1
健康的習慣 https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/languages-alternate-formats/languages/traditional-chinese/healthy-habits-cn-traditional Mobile 1 · Desktop 1
Healthline https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/online-phone-healthcare/healthline Mobile 1 · Desktop 1

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

<div class="type">Media Release</div>

12 instances on 3 pages Mobile: 6 instances · Desktop: 6 instances

Affected pages (3)
Health professionals https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/health-professionals Mobile 1 · Desktop 1
Breast screening | Health Professionals https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/health-professionals/guidance-standards/topic/breast-screening Mobile 2 · Desktop 2
Immunisation | Health Professionals https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/health-professionals/guidance-standards/topic/immunisation Mobile 3 · Desktop 3

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