Incident Report

New Zealand

Monday, June 27, 1960

Non-fatalFishingHit-and-Run

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Hit-and-Run

Injury Severity

Minor

Injury Details

Harpooned shark bit boat PROVOKED INCIDENT

Circumstances

Victim Configuration

Group

Environmental

Moon Phase

Waxing Crescent

Season

Winter (Southern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Sunday

Individual

Name

boat (a whale chaser)

Activity

Fishing

Location

Address

Cook Strait, New Zealand

Body of Water

Tasman Sea

Location Type

Boat

Coordinates

-41.8389, 171.7799

New Zealand

Incident Profile

Circumstances

Environmental

Individual

Location

Location

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New Zealand

Incident Profile

Circumstances

Environmental

Individual

Location

Location

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