Accessibility

This is a site for everyone. If you have any questions about accessibility, or suggestions for how we could make our website more accessible, please contact us.

We are continually working to improve the experience for all visitors.

Access keys

Access keys are keyboard shortcuts that have been added as a way of navigating to common website links and page features. This website has the following access keys:

  • 1 - home
  • 2 - site map
  • 3 - search
  • 9 - contact us
  • 0 - provide a list of all access keys
  • [ - skip links to jump to start of body content

Depending on the browser you are using, you will need to press a different combination of keys to use these shortcuts.

Firefox 1.5: Windows

Press both the ALT key and the access key at the same time. For example, pressing ALT + 2 will take you to the site map.

Firefox 1.5: Macintosh

Press both the Control key and the access key at the same time. For example, pressing CTRL + 3 will take you to the search page.

Firefox 2.0: Windows

Press the ALT key, the Shift key and the access key at the same time. For example, pressing ALT + Shift + 2 will take you to the site map.

Firefox 2.0: Macintosh

Press the Control key, the Shift key and the access key at the same time. For example, pressing CTRL + Shift +3 will take you to the search page.

Internet Explorer 6 and 7: Windows

Press the ALT key and the access key at the same time, release both keys, and press Enter. For example, pressing ALT + 9, releasing, then pressing Enter will take you to the contact us page.

Internet Explorer 6 and 7: Macintosh

Press the Control key and the access key at the same time, release both keys, and press Enter. For example, pressing CTRL + 2, releasing, then pressing Enter will take you to the site map.

Font re-sizing

There are common keyboard shortcuts that can make text bigger within your browser.

Internet Explorer

  • 1. Open the View menu by pressing ALT + V.
  • 2. Select Text Size by pressing X.
  • 3. In the Text Size list, move to the text size option you want by pressing the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW key.
  • 4. Press ENTER.

Mozilla Firefox

Increase font size by pressing CTRL +

Reduce font size by pressing CTRL -

Browser support for accessibility

Find out more about the accessibility features in your browser:

Firefox accessibility features

Internet Explorer accessibility features

E-Government Guidelines and W3C WAI Compliance

Many technical accessibility features have been built into this site. We have followed general web best practice as laid out in the New Zealand E-Government Website Guidelines and W3C WAI Checklist. We are currently having this site audited for compliance and will make the results available for review.