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  • Beach Alert for Monster Shark - NZ Great White Spotted Again Today!

    01/26/2006 8:06:21 PM PST · by Mongeaux · 87 replies · 4,501+ views
    New Zealand News ^ | 27 January 2006 | Staff
    Fresh sightings of a monster great white shark close to North Taranaki's shoreline have prompted a warning to swimmers. The Conservation Department warning comes after two more close encounters with the shark, estimated to be six metres long. Fishermen on a charter boat got the fright of their lives when the great white swam directly under them last Friday. And two competitors in a yacht race off Port Taranaki watched in horror as the shark – its fin clearly out of the water – swam between their much smaller craft. These sightings follow numerous incidents involving a very big shark...