Non-fatal Boating Attack

1999 Papamoa, near Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

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📊 Attack Details
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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1999

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Papamoa, near Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🌍 NEW ZEALAND

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Watercraft

🩹 Injury Details

No injury to occupant: boat lost

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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