A man has been attacked by a shark at Matauri Bay in Northland.
A police spokeswoman said officers responded to reports a man had been bitten by a shark about 11:20am on Saturday.
"Police attended alongside ambulance. The man was transported to Bay of Islands Hospital," she said
A man is in hospital after being attacked by a shark at Matauri Bay in Northkland on Saturday.
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A man is in hospital after being attacked by a shark at Matauri Bay in Northkland on Saturday.
A St John spokeswoman said the man suffered moderate injuries.
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Locals spoken to by Stuff understood the man was diving near the Cavalli Islands when he was attacked by a mako shark.
It is the second shark attack in Northland in the last three months.
In October, Andrew "Nugget" Brough, 25, was attacked by a shark at Baylys Beach near Dargaville.
The great white shark's bite punctured his forearm and his hand. He said the puncture wound to his hand was so big, he could fit his finger in it.
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“An UNPROVOKED Shark Attack is only one of many types of Shark Attack”
Caution:
When you see the words Unprovoked or Bite associated with Shark Attacks, someone is trying to hide shark dangers you may face should you enter the water. In most cases, the word unprovoked equals the number of incidents shared with the public. Any other type of Shark Attack is kept a secret from the public.
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A simple explanation of the word unprovoked is chosen to be shared. Each year shark attack researchers choose certain shark attacks they share with the public. The ISAF website states, “All of the data publically available on the ISAF website is from unprovoked incidents.” Ocean users, beware that the ISAF has 6800 incidents on file, with only 3292, or 47%, being chosen to be shared with the public. In 2019 they chose 45%, and in 2020 they only chose 44% of the investigated incidents.