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Accessibility
- One in five (20%)¹ of New Zealanders have a disability
- Approximately 100,000 (2.4%)² of New Zealanders are blind or vision-impaired
- 12.3%³ of our population is aged 65 or over.
Web accessibility enables all users to have access to the web regardless of disability or situational limitation.
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Access Keys
- 0 Home
- 1 who we are
- 2 what we do
- 3 what we've done
- 5 news
- 6 sitemap
- 7 about this site
- 8 contact us
Access Key Combinations
To test the Access Key functionality, you must first verify your Operating System and Web Browser type. The exact key combination you must press to use the Access Keys is dependent on your Operating System and Web Browser.
PC with Internet Explorer : Alt->Access Key->ENTER
Press the *ALT* key followed by the *Access Key*, followed by the *ENTER* key.
For PC users with Mozilla: ALT->Access Key->ENTER
Press the *ALT* key followed by the *Access Key*
For PC users with Opera: SHIFT->ESCAPE->Access Key
Press the *SHIFT* and *ESC* keys together, let go a press the *Access Key*
For MAC users with Safari (1.2 upwards): CTRL->Access Key-> ENTER
Press the *ALT* key followed by the *Access Key*, followed by the *ENTER* key.
Skip Navigation
This site allows users to skip past navigation links to the main content for the page (press Alt + *C* on your keyboard). You can also skip to the navigation at anytime (press Alt + *N* on your keyboard). Using the skip to content link allows easier keyboard-based navigation around the site, and saves those who tab through the site navigation having to go through all navigations options on each page.
Standard Compliance
All pages on this site validate as XHTML 1.0 Strict and use structured semantic markup.
