Incident Report

Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand

Tuesday, January 16, 1962

Non-fatalFishingHit-and-Run

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Hit-and-Run

Injury Severity

Minor

Injury Details

No injury to occupants, hooked shark attacked boat PROVOKED INCIDENT

Circumstances

Victim Configuration

Group

Environmental

Moon Phase

Waxing Gibbous

Season

Summer (Southern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Tuesday

Individual

Name

Mr. Reynish & Mr. Meikle

Activity

Fishing

Location

Address

Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand

Body of Water

Tasman Sea

Location Type

Boat

Coordinates

-43.6864, 172.8989

Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand

Incident Profile

Circumstances

Environmental

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Location

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Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand

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