Researchers and local iwi looking into whether increased reports of great whites around Bay of Plenty could be linked to warming oceans
Great white shark sightings are increasing in one of New Zealand’s most popular coastal holiday spots, with a team of experts assembling to find out what is behind the rise.
The population in the Bay of Plenty region, on the North Island’s east coast, booms over summer as holidaymakers flock to the area’s beautiful beaches. But visitors have become increasingly fearful over what appears to be more frequent visits from great white sharks during summer.
An earlier version of this story contained a picture of a mako shark the was incorrectly identified as a great white. The image has been removed.
