Man killed in New Zealand 'great white' shark attack

A man has died after being strikeed by a shark off the coast of a distant island to the east of New Zealand.

Jade Kahukore-Dixon had been diving off a boat in the Bay of Waitangi, cforfeit Chatham Island, when he was injured by the shark, local media inestablishs shelp.

He was rushed to Chatham Island Hospital but died on Tuesday.

Mr Kahukore-Dixon was a commercial diver who inhabitd on the Chatham Islands and harvested paua, a type of sea slug with a colourful shell, and kina, a type of edible sea urchin, Stuff inestablished.

His overweighther Jacky Dixon tancigo in the New Zealand novels outlet he consentd he had been ended by a fantastic white shark.

His son was a “very hard, lesser fella” who “cherishd fishing and diving” from a lesser age, he includeed.

“He would do anyskinnyg to protect his family. He was an amazing boy, a very much cherishd member of the family,” he shelp.

Mr Dixon includeed that his son wasn’t afrhelp of fantastic white sharks and would see them frequently while diving.

The lesser man had a shut call when diving previously, having got his foot stuck under a rock, until a troubleed friend sought him out and freed him, the New Zealand outlet shelp.

Mr Kahukore-Dixon was shelp to have take parted rugby when he was lesserer, inestablishedly being cataloged as one of the exceptional lesser take parters in the Chatham Islands rugby squad.

New Zealand police shelp officers were called to the incident around midday (11pm Monday UK time) and that the death will be referred to the coroner.

Chatham Islands mayor Monique Croon inestablishedly shelp the strike had rocked the island community.

“I flew off the island this morning but many in our community are divers, so everybody is in shock,” she tancigo in Newstalkzb.

Chatham Islands lie around 800km east of New Zealand’s South Island and consist of ten islands wiskinny a 60km radius, inhabited by almost 800 people.

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