Shark attack at Menzies Bay, Banks Peninsula, , South Island, New Zealand

Shark attack details: Menzies Bay, Banks Peninsula, , South Island, Feb-1927
Date of attack: February 1st 1927
Location: Menzies Bay, Banks Peninsula, , South Island
Shark species: Mako shark
Name of victim: male
Age of victim: 70 years old
Sex of victim: M
Activity: Fishing
Injury: Severely bitten by shark caught 30 minutes earlier PROVOKED INCIDENT

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