We are committed to ensuring our website is accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities. We strive to meet the high standards of accessibility and usability, following the latest guidelines and best practices.
Adjusting the text size / Zoom level
You can increase the size of the text on screen.
Google Chrome
- Click the three dots icon in the top right corner.
- Adjust the Zoom setting to your preferred Zoom level.
Microsoft Edge
- Click the three dots icon in the top right corner.
- Adjust the Zoom setting to your preferred Zoom level.
Mozilla Firefox
- Open the Firefox browser and click on the three lines menu icon on the top right corner.
- Adjust the Zoom setting to your preferred Zoom level.
Or:
- You can use the keyboard shortcuts CTRL + + to zoom in and CTRL + - to zoom out.
- If you have a mouse wheel, hold down the Control (CTRL) key and roll the mouse wheel to change the text size.
Safari
- Open the Safari browser on your Mac and go to a web page.
- To increase the zoom level, press Command + + (the plus sign).
- To decrease the zoom level, press Command + - (the minus sign).
- Alternatively, go to the "View" menu and select "Zoom In" or "Zoom Out".
iPhone, iPad, and Android smartphones and tablets
This website's layout adjusts to smaller screen sizes on tablets and mobile phones. Our website also fully supports the built-in "pinch to zoom" function on mobile devices.
Inverting colours
This website's colour scheme has been selected for optimal readability whether you invert the screen's colours or not.
Accessing documents
Most information on this website is provided as standard web pages (HTML format). Most documents, including our official publications, are in PDF format. To read and print PDF files, you'll need a PDF reader such as Adobe Reader. Most modern computer operating systems include built-in support for PDF documents.
- Android users please note: the built-in Android Browser does not correctly handle downloads of PDF documents. If you are browsing this website using an Android device, we strongly recommend using Google Chrome as your browser.
If you have difficulty reading a PDF-only publication, please contact us for help. Include details of the document you want to access and your difficulty.
Information held on external websites
When we link to information on other websites, we always try to link to standard web pages. If this is not possible, we may link directly to a PDF or Word document. These links will include the document format and file size in the link text.
Screenreaders
We have made every effort to make this website fully-accessible to visually-impaired visitors using screenreaders. If you have any difficulty using this site with a screenreader, please email info@whakatane.govt.nz and let us know.
Assisting people with disabilities - Civil Defence Emergencies
If you, or someone you know have a disability or any special requirement that may affect their ability to cope in a disaster, develop a support plan. Think about the things you need every day and work out what you would do if you didn't have them.
Disaster Preparedness Guide for People with Disabilities »
Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities - (PDF, 2.4 MB)
Information in alternate formats
Find emergency preparedness information in Easy Read, audio, braille and large print formats.
Visit Get Ready for alternate formats »
How to contact us if you have a hearing or speech impairment
If you need to contact us and you are deaf, hearing-impaired, deaf-blind, or speech impaired, the New Zealand Relay Service (NZ Relay) may be able to assist you.
Provide feedback
We regularly review and update our website to improve accessibility. We welcome feedback from our users to help us enhance the accessibility of our site.
If you have any accessibility issues or suggestions for improvement, please get in touch with us.