Historical reference record — not independently verified
Shark incident at Near Chatham Islands; victim brought to Waitangi Wharf, Chatham Islands, NEW ZEALAND — 2024-11-19
What happened
Historical record: Near Chatham Islands; victim brought to Waitangi Wharf, Chatham Islands, NEW ZEALAND. Recorded date: 2024-11-19. Classification: Unprovoked.
What is known
- Recorded classification: Unprovoked
What remains uncertain
- The legacy route says Bay of Waitangi; reporting describes the incident offshore in the Chatham Islands and recovery/landing at Waitangi Wharf.
- Historical source match supplied with the recovery material; not independently verified.
Fact panel
- Date
- 2024-11-19
- Date precision
- Exact
- Location
- Near Chatham Islands; victim brought to Waitangi Wharf, Chatham Islands, NEW ZEALAND
- Country
- NEW ZEALAND
- Activity
- Commercial diving
- Incident classification
- Unprovoked
- Area / state
- Chatham Islands
- Person / vessel
- Jade Kahukore-Dixon
- Age
- 24
- Sex
- M
- Injury / case note
- Fatal.
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Species
- Great white shark reported
- Species confidence
- Reported
- Coordinate precision
- Region
Incident location
Near Chatham Islands; victim brought to Waitangi Wharf, 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
- Contemporary New Zealand reporting — www.1news.co.nzSupports: Historical incident fields; supplied source match, not independent verification
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 This page shows the current verification status and was last restored from supplied historical reference material on 2026-09-25.
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Supplementary content updated: 2026-09-24. This does not change the original verification status or review date.