ACCESSIBILITY


In line with our vision of "Including all People", we have endeavoured to make sure this site is accessible to all people. This page describes some of the ways you can use particular features of this site and also some more general information on browser settings.

Keyboard access
Links within our site
Links to other sites
Images
Visual design
Standards compliance
How to select access keys

Keyboard access
This website uses the access keys recommended for New Zealand Government websites. How you use access keys depends on the type and version of browser you are using. See How to select access keys for details.
0 Accessibility statement
1 Home
2 Site map
3 Search
9 Contact information
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Links within our site
As much as possible, links are written to make sense out of context. If the link does not make sense out of context, it has a title attribute to describe the context in greater detail. Link text is never duplicated; two links with the same text point to the same address. No links open a new browser page without warning.

Links to other sites
We have linked to other sites where we think the information they contain may be of value to you. We make no guarantees that they will be accessible.

Images
All content images include descriptive alt attributes. All decorative graphics use NULL alt attributes. Where the information conveyed by an image cannot be contained in a short alt, a full text description is provided either on the same page or on a linked page.

Navigation elements are all in plain text, not images.

Visual design
This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout. If your browsing device does not support stylesheets, the content of each page is still readable.

Standards compliance
The css files used validate

How to select access keys
Access Keys are selected in different ways according to which browser you use:

Internet Explorer 5+:
Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key, then press ENTER.

Internet Explorer 4:
Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key.

Internet Explorer 5+ for Mac:
Hold down the CTRL key and select the number/letter of the access key.

Internet Explorer 4.5 for Mac:
Access keys are not supported

Netscape 6+:
Hold down the ALT (CTRL for Macintosh) key and select the number/letter of the access key.

Netscape earlier versions:
Access keys are not supported.

Mozilla Firefox and variants (including Camino):
Hold down the ALT (CTRL for Macintosh) key and select the number/letter of the access key.

Safari (Mac OS X):
Hold down the CTRL key and select the number/letter of the access key.

Omniweb (Mac OS X):
Hold down the CTRL key and select the number/letter of the access key.

Opera - 7.5+:
Press SHIFT+ESC, followed by the number/letter of the access key.