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Monster shark attack at Māhia ‘like lightning’

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by Michaela Gower

A stranded mother pygmy sperm whale was killed and devoured by a monster great white shark while a person who had been trying to refloat the whale fled for their life.

Witnesses told police the whale and its calf had made several attempts to strand themselves between Māhia Beach and Opoutama on Sunday.

Māhia sole charge police officer Chad Prentice said one person was in the...


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