strange as well known tv and film director in new zealand. in fact one of his films won the best film at berlin film festival. shep: there was a shark sighting before this happened? a a great white shark and he went up and reported to authorities because shark sightings are so rare in new zealand, nobody believed him. last confirmed attack was 1976. minutes before the attack there were hundreds of school kids who were swimming just a few feet away from where the attack happened. as you said it s not confirmed to be a great white shark but a local marine biologist, he has a pretty good guess. a white shark in this instance, in reality the only sharks around new zealand is big as a person would be a great