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Free New Zealand Accessibility Checker

New Zealand Tested to WCAG 2.2 AA, New Zealand's standard
  • No account needed
  • Results in seconds
  • Free report by email

Does the Web Accessibility Standard apply to you?

Who must comply

It applies to all public service departments and non-public service departments in the executive branch of the New Zealand government.

Everyone else

Councils, the education sector and private businesses are not currently required to meet it, but are encouraged to. A new Digital Accessibility Standard is launching in early 2027, which is expected to apply to a wider group of organisations.

Which standard applies

WCAG 2.2 Level AA, under Web Accessibility Standard 1.2, which took effect in March 2025. This is the version we test against.

How it is checked

The New Zealand government runs an automated scanner across public sector websites, publishing the results.

What does the free New Zealand accessibility check cover?

The free check tests your homepage against WCAG 2.2 Level AA — the same version and level the New Zealand standard requires.

Your report gives you a compliance status, a count of every issue found graded critical, high, medium or low, a breakdown of which disability groups they affect, and which of the four WCAG principles is weakest. Your report will be sent by email. No account and no card needed.

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What to do with your results?

Your result is just the first step to analysing your website's compliance status. Email yourself the full report for what you actually need to plan a fix: every issue by severity, the WCAG criteria involved, and which parts of the homepage are affected.

What you do next depends on which result you got:

Compliant. Congratulations! That's rare on a first scan. Run a full scan to check your whole site, then turn on continuous monitoring to catch future changes. Our advanced tools can also check colour contrast, tabbing order and content.

Partially Compliant. You've got a mix of good and bad. Work through the flagged issues using our Content and Media tools, then run the check again to confirm they're fixed. Once the check comes back compliant, you're ready for a full website scan.

Non-compliant. Start with critical and high-severity issues. Because they often come from repeated components, fixing one can resolve several issues at once. Run the check again, or let our team help with the remaining issues.

How Nexus Inclusion keeps your whole site accessible?

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The Nexus Inclusion platform tests your whole website against the same WCAG 2.2 Level AA standard as the free check, including the checkout, booking forms and account areas a homepage scan cannot reach. To help you achieve DDA compliance, we also offer a full suite of standalone tools to support media, content and image accessibility.

Detailed fix recommendations for each issue, continuous monitoring that re-tests as your site changes, alerts when something breaks, and compliance reporting you can share.

FAQ Free New Zealand Accessibility Checker

Explore the answers to commonly asked questions below about website accessibility and compliance.

  • Yes. No account, no card, no trial that expires. We ask for an email address if you want the full report sent to you, and you can see the headline result without giving us anything.

  • No. This tool analyses and gives an indicative compliance status of your homepage. Only a full website accessibility audit can determine whether your website is in accordance with global accessibility regulations.

    To achieve full compliance and be digitally inclusive, use our full suite of tools or we can help you with dedicated accessibility support.

  • WCAG 2.2 Level AA. Web Accessibility Standard 1.2 has required it since March 2025, replacing the previous version — which makes New Zealand's requirement one of the newest anywhere. This is the level which we test for.

  • Because checking one page keeps the scan free and instant, while a whole-website scan takes more time and effort. Your homepage tells you the state of your shared components, which is the fastest useful signal we can give you in thirty seconds.

    Compare our Plans to find the right option to a full scan of your website.

  • Automated checks quickly and reliably identify accessibility issues. They analyse what is detected in code, which is the starting point for digital accessibility. The Nexus Inclusion platform takes it from there: every page tested, tools to fix what comes back, monitoring to keep it fixed, and our own accessibility team on hand to make your site genuinely accessible and inclusive.

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