Historical reference record — not independently verified
Shark incident at Waihere Bay Chatham Islands New Zealand — September 6, 1996
Original historical summary
The original reference is retained below. Supplementary source details appear in the fact panel; protected facts and unresolved differences remain unchanged.
A historical reference describes an event at Waihere Bay Chatham Islands New Zealand in 1996-09-06. Recorded activity: Diving for abalone. Classification: Unprovoked. Outcome: Non-fatal.
Original reference details
- Location recorded in the historical reference: Waihere Bay Chatham Islands New Zealand.
- Date: 1996-09-06.
- Activity: Diving for abalone.
- Classification: Unprovoked.
- Outcome: Non-fatal.
Source limitations and unresolved differences
- This restoration uses a supplied historical summary citing the general GSAF incident log, not a case-level primary document. It has not been independently verified.
Fact panel
- Date
- September 6, 1996
- Date precision
- Exact
- Location
- Waihere Bay Chatham Islands New Zealand
- Country
- New Zealand
- Activity
- Diving for abalone
- Incident classification
- Unprovoked
- Area / state
- Chatham Islands
- Person / vessel
- Vaughn Hill
- Age
- 23
- Sex
- M
- Time
- 10h00
- Outcome
- Non-fatal
- Species
- White shark
- Species confidence
- Reported
- Coordinate precision
- Region
Incident location
Waihere Bay, Chatham Islands, New Zealand
Approximate area: Chatham Islands
The marker represents the named area, not the exact incident site.
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Location precision: Approximate area
Representative map position for Chatham Islands from Natural Earth. This marks the general area, not the exact incident site. This is historical location context, not live shark tracking or a measure of risk.
Sources and verification
- Historical incident log (general reference) — Global Shark Attack FileSupports: General reference cited by the supplied historical summary; not independently checked against a case-level record.
- GSAF-derived structured public mirror (sascha-pst/bullish_on_sharks/global_shark_attacks.csv) — github.comSupports: Supplementary historical fields; existing reviewed facts retained
Shark incident records can change as investigations develop. This page shows the current verification status and was last restored from supplied historical reference material on 2026-09-04.
Historical facts retain the provenance and uncertainty of the cited references. Source timestamps record when the supplied material was imported, not an independent source retrieval or verification.
Supplementary content updated: 2026-09-24. This does not change the original verification status or review date.