Watch: There were shark warnings at two Auckland beaches today -. Eastern Beach and Muriwai - where sharks were also spotted yesterday. Credits: Video - Newshub; Image - Auckland Council
Sharks have been spotted at Auckland s Eastern Beach, just a day after some were sighted at Muriwai Beach on the region s west coast.
Sharks were also seen at Muriwai, a popular west Auckland surf beach, on Saturday and an alert remains in place on Sunday morning.
There have been reports of shark sightings on both east and west coast beaches in recent weeks.
Last month, a woman was killed in a suspected shark attack at Waihi Beach, a coastal community in the Bay of Plenty.
Kaelah Marlow died after being pulled from the water by emergency services.
But marine biologists say there is no need to panic. Kelly Tarlton s lead aquarist Felix Berghoefer told Newshub in December most sharks aren t bothered by humans at all. Most sharks are literally just out to catch fish and stay away from humans, he said. Humans aren t on the spectrum of prey that sharks hunt.
Berghoefer says there will often be a shark within about 200 to 300 metres of swimming. There are actually quite a lot of sharks in the water but, like I said, they aren t bothered by people; they keep their distance.
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A push to raise Auckland s water quality targeted rate (WQTR) by up to 5 per cent every year for the next decade would mean by 2030/31 the average residential property would be paying $94 to fix the city s legacy sewerage system.
The average business would be paying $435 in water quality rates in a decade s time.