Incident Report

North Island, New Zealand

Sunday, December 9, 1956

Non-fatalFishingHit-and-Run

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Hit-and-Run

Injury Location

Head

Injury Severity

Moderate

Injury Details

Bitten in cockpit of boat by shark caught 30 minutes earlier PROVOKED INCIDENT

Circumstances

Victim Configuration

Group

Environmental

Moon Phase

First Quarter

Season

Spring (Southern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Sunday

Individual

Name

Richard McKenzie

Age

Sex

Activity

Fishing

Location

Address

North Island, New Zealand

Body of Water

Tasman Sea

Location Type

Boat

Coordinates

-39.0000, 176.0000

North Island, New Zealand

Incident Profile

Circumstances

Environmental

Individual

Location

Location

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