Accessibility Testing Services in Nelson, New Zealand

Audits for Nelson against the standard that actually binds you in New Zealand.

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The short answer for Nelson

Roughly 54,000 people live in Nelson, one of New Zealand's 16 regions. New Zealand's Web Standards hold public service agencies to WCAG 2.2 AA, and everyone else answers to the Human Rights Act instead. Supplying government pulls you in as well, because agencies pass the requirement down the contract.

Here is the part that surprises people. The Web Standards bind central government agencies and they explicitly do not bind local government or the wider public sector. So a council in this region is not under the same obligation as the ministry it works alongside, which is worth knowing before somebody tells you otherwise.

So here is what we do about it. We work your Nelson site against all 55 WCAG 2.2 A and AA rules by hand, then a professional blind screen-reader user runs your real journeys while we record where they stop. WCAG 2.2 covers everything the national standard asks for and more, so one audit answers it with room to spare. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it.

Which law lands on you in Nelson

New Zealand: Web Accessibility Standard

Standard: WCAG 2.2 Level AA
Where it stands: In force for public service agencies
Who it binds: The public sector
Reaches sellers based abroad: Not by itself
What non-compliance costs: Mandatory for government agencies, Human Rights Act for others

WCAG version named: 2.2 AA
For public service: Mandatory
Human Rights Act: 1993
Compliance model: Self-assess

The New Zealand dates, 3 of them

2013Web Accessibility Standard first mandated
2019Standard updated to reference WCAG 2.1
Mar 17, 2025Standard 1.2 takes effect, requiring WCAG 2.2 Level AA

Read the full New Zealand page

Inside an audit for a site in Nelson

Start with the honest part. The audit is the same in Nelson as it is anywhere, because WCAG does not change at a border. What changes is which law is watching and what it costs to fail, and the section above settles that.

The work itself runs in three passes. A machine finds the failures a machine can prove. A human works every one of the 55 A and AA rules by hand. Then a professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, the way your customers would. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it, drawn from our free library of 432 guides.

None of the reference sits behind a form, either. Every number below counts pages you can go and read right now, free, whether you ever buy an audit or not.

A and AA rules we check: 55
Techniques and failures: 432
ACT test rules: 90
ARIA roles documented: 94
Terms in the glossary: 131
Checklists to work from: 9

A free 10-page scan that finds what a machine can prove, before you spend anything
Paid audits at fixed prices on the pricing page, $499 for 10 pages in 5 business days, $1,499 for 25 in 10
The exact deliverable, free to read, as the sample report

The honest limit

And an audit is evidence, not a legal opinion. We tell you what fails, who it stops, and what closes it. Whether that satisfies a regulator or a court in Nelson is a question for your lawyer, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.

Straight answers for Nelson

My site is in Nelson. Does that change what you test?

No. WCAG is the same standard everywhere, so the testing is identical wherever you are. What changes is which law is watching and what failing it costs, and that is what the law section on this page settles.

What law am I actually answering to in Nelson?

New Zealand is the one that reach Nelson first, and each has its own page here covering what it asks for, who it lands on, and how it gets enforced. Sell into more than one market and more than one of them can reach you at the same time.

Should I be publishing an accessibility statement here?

No law that reaches Nelson names one in our library, so nothing forces you to publish a statement. You can still publish one anyway, and our free generator will write it from what the audit found.

What am I paying, and what turnaround do I get?

A Rapid Audit is $499 for 10 pages, with the report in 5 business days. A Standard Audit is $1,499 for 25 pages in 10 business days. Once your team has fixed things, the re-audit is half price within 3 months.

Who does the human half of the testing?

Yes, on every audit. A professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, and we write down where they stop. That is the pass no scanner can run.

Related on this site

The reading behind the law that reaches you in Nelson, and the guides that turn it into work your team can do.

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Find out where your site stands in Nelson

Run the free scan. Read the sample report. Order the audit when you want the humans on it, and what lands is a report your developers, your lawyer or a regulator in Nelson can act on.