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Guidelines to ensure government websites are well managed and accessible to the people using them.

New Zealand Government Web Standards and Recommendations v1.0
Web Standards (Draft v3)
New Zealand Government Web Guidelines v2.1
New Zealand Government Web Guidelines, v2 - Consultation draft
Web Guidelines v1.3
New Zealand Website Guidelines - Consultation draft
Self-Audit Compliance Checklist
Web Guidelines - Survey of Word to HTML conversion
Web Site Browser Test List: The following list represents browsers that can be used to test web site accessiblity.
Website Browser Test List - Archived: The following list represents browsers that can be used to test website accessiblity.
Web Guidelines Glossary
PDF Documents - Umbrella Exemption
Agency presentation - November 2005: A presentation by the SSC to agencies about the Government Web Guidelines mandatory deadline in January 2006.
e-GIF Web Guidelines Umbrella Exemption: As a result of exemption requests received, the e-GIF Management Committee approved an umbrella exemption criteria where agencies are unable to convert content from PDF to HTML for specific situations.
Using XHTML - Umbrella Exemption: At their meeting of 7 March 2006, the e-GIF Management Committee approved an umbrella exemption for Agencies for the use of XHTML as a coding standard.
Best Practice
Web Guidelines Working and Advisory Groups: Current projects to do with Web Guideline, compliance, exemptions and review.
General Resources: General resources, providing examples of good practice and information that may assist agencies in following the NZ Government Web Guidelines.
Web Guidelines FAQ: This list answers questions that are frequently asked about the Government Web Guidelines.
PDF Documents - Umbrella Exemption