NEW ZEALAND | Shark Attack Database

143

Total Incidents

24

Fatal Attacks

128

Different Locations

Locations

Oreti Beach, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

6 incidents

Taranaki, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

2 incidents

Papamoa Beach, Bay of Plenty, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

2 incidents

Oreti Beach, Southland, NEW ZEALAND

2 incidents

NEW ZEALAND

2 incidents

Dunedin, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

2 incidents

St. Clair Beach, Dunedin, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

2 incidents

Manukau Harbor, 6 miles south of Auckland, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

2 incidents

Oamaru, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

2 incidents

Tararu, Thames, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

2 incidents

All Incidents

🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2023

📍 Riverton, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2023

📍 Cape Pallister, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2022

📍 Cobden, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2022

📍 Friendly Bay, Oamaru, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2021

📍 Taranaki, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2021

📍 Papamoa Beach, Bay of Plenty, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 2021

📍 Waihī Beach, Bay of Plenty, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2020

📍 Stanmore Bay, Auckland, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2020

📍 Pauanui Beach, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2020

📍 Oreti Beach, Southland, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2019

📍 Oreti Beach, Southland, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2019

📍 Pitt Island or Chatham Island, Chatham Islands, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Grey/Gray Shark Attack - 2019

📍 Oreti Beach, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 2018

📍 Matauri Bay, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2018

📍 Ti Point, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2018

📍 Baylys Beach , North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2017

📍 Off Tapuna Beach, Auckand, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2017

📍 Off Tutukaka, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2017

📍 Porpoise Bay, Catlins, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 2016

📍 Cormandel, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2014

📍 Porpoise Bay, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2014

📍 Stewart Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2014

📍 Garden Bay near Cosy Nook, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2013

📍 Muriwai, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2013

📍 Great Mercury Island, Mercury Islands, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 2012

📍 Sunday Cove, Fiordland, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2012

📍 Opunake, Taranake, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2011

📍 Snapper Point, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 2010

📍 Tahunanui Beach, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2010

📍 Cosy Nook, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2010

📍 Oreti Beach, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2009

📍 Clark Island, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2009

📍 Taranaki, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2009

📍 Alderman Islands, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2009

📍 Karitane Beach, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2009

📍 Haumoana , North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 2009

📍 Hawkes Bay, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2008

📍 Maraetai, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2008

📍 Omaha Beach, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2008

📍 Marfells Beach, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2007

📍 Kaikoura, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2007

📍 Penhryn Island, Cook islans, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2006

📍 Raglan, Manu Bay, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2005

📍 Waiapu River mouth , East Cape, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2005

📍 Taupiri Bay, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2004

📍 Whangarei, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2004

📍 Motunui, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2004

📍 Te Arai Point, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2004

📍 South Beach, South Island, near Karitane north of Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2004

📍 90 Mile Beach, Northlands, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2004

📍 Whiritoa, Eastern Cormandel, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 2003

📍 Pukapuka Northern Group, Cook Islands, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2003

📍 Beveridge Reef, Cook Islands, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2003

📍 East side of Bench Island in the Foveaux Strait, Southland, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2001

📍 Sandy Bay/Whananaki, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Surfing Attack - 2000

📍 Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 2000

📍 Papamoa Beach, Bay of Plenty, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2000

📍 Between the Kakanui River and Campbell's Bay, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2000

📍 Oreti Beach (reported as the 4th person bitten in NZ in 2000), South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1999

📍 Oreti Beach, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1999

📍 Oreti Beach, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1999

📍 Oreti Beach, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1999

📍 Codfish Island (Whenua Hau) west of Stewart Island, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 1999

📍 NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1999

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

🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1996

📍 Waihere Bay, Chatham Islands , NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1995

📍 Chatham Islands, east of New Zealand, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1992

📍 Meteorologic Station on Campbell Island, 370 nautical miles south of New Zealand, Antarctic Ocean, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1985

📍 Christchurch, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1976

📍 Te Kaha, East coast, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1972

📍 Wanganui, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1971

📍 Dunedin, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1968

📍 St. Clair Beach, Dunedin, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1968

📍 Otago Harbor, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1968

📍 Pilot Bay, Mt Maunganui , North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1967

📍 Leigh, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1967

📍 St. Kilda Beach, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Surfing Attack - 1966

📍 Oakura Beach, Taranaki, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1964

📍 Palliser Bay, Whatarangi (east of Wellington), North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1964

📍 St. Clair Beach, Dunedin, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1964

📍 West of Pukerua Bay, Wellington, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Sand Shark Attack - 1964

📍 Hokio Beach, near Levin, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1964

📍 Ngatuka Bay, near Picton, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 1964

📍 White Island, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1963

📍 Charteris Bay, Lyttleton Harbour, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1963

📍 Petone Beach, Wellington, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1962

📍 Alderman Islands, Off the Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1962

📍 South of New Plymouth, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1962

📍 Long Beach, Southland, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1962

📍 Oreti Beach, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1962

📍 Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1962

📍 Slipper Island, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1962

📍 Fairdown Beach, 5 miles north of Westport, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1960

📍 Tory Channel, Cook Strait, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1960

📍 Mangawhai, near Wellsford, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 1959

📍 Moko Hinau , North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 1956

📍 North Auckland, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1939

📍 Matakana River Mouth, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1932

📍 Mahurangi River Mouth, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1929

📍 Miranda Head, Hauriki Gulf, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 1927

📍 Menzies Bay, Banks Peninsula, , South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1926

📍 Rarotonga, Cook Islands, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1920

📍 Stanley Bay, Auckland Harbor, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1919

📍 Tahuna Beach, Nelson, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1915

📍 Otaki, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1912

📍 Takapuna, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1911

📍 Chatham Islands, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1911

📍 Manukau Harbor, 6 miles south of Auckland, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1910

📍 Waikanae Beach, Gisborne, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Wading Attack - 1907

📍 Port Moeraki, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1906

📍 Mototapu Island, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1904

📍 Waitara, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1902

📍 Poverty Bay, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1899

📍 East Cape, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1897

📍 NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Attack - 1896

📍 Marine Parade, Napier, Hawke Bay, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Attack - 1896

📍 Hoiktika, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1895

📍 Preservation Inlet, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1895

📍 Oamaru, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Attack - 1893

📍 Downs River, South Island?, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1892

📍 Rockhampton, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1891

📍 Manukau Harbor, 6 miles south of Auckland, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1890

📍 Lampton Harbour, Wellington, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1888

📍 Oamaru, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1887

📍 Kaipara, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1886

📍 Near the mouth of the Clarence River, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1886

📍 Dunedin , South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1885

📍 Auckland, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1882

📍 Tararu, Thames, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1882

📍 New Brighton, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1882

📍 Tararu, Thames, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1880

📍 Campbell’s Point, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Wading Attack - 1879

📍 Napier, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Attack - 1875

📍 Tauranga, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1868

📍 Brickfield Bay, Auckland Harbour, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1864

📍 Stewart Island, Foveaux Strait, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1864

📍 Brickfield Bay, Auckland Harbour, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1862

📍 Soldier's Point, Brick Bay, Auckland, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1862

📍 Lyttleton?, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1861

📍 Wynyard Wharf, Auckland Harbor, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1860

📍 Princes Wharf, Auckland Harbor, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Attack - 1860

📍 St. George's Bay, Auckland Harbor, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1852

📍 Wellington Harbor, North Island, NEW ZEALAND