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	<title>Swim At Your Own Risk &#187; New Zealand</title>
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		<title>Shark Shuts Down New Zealand Beach!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/12/23/shark-shuts-down-new-zealand-beach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Closings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mount Maunganui beach was evacuated around 2pm after a surfer reported seeing a shark. The beach was cleared as a precaution after the surfer spotted something in the water about 150 metres to 200 metres offshore. The five surf lifeguards on duty cleared people from the water and closed the beach, the Bay of Plenty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diver Stabbed By Stingray!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/11/14/diver-stabbed-by-stingray/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/11/14/diver-stabbed-by-stingray/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stingrays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A father-of-two is recovering in the hospital after being stabbed by a stingray while diving in the Hauraki Gulf off New Zealand. Mark Donaldson was eyeing up some crayfish off Waiheke Island when the stingray cruised under him and struck. The blow was so strong it pierced the two wetsuits he was wearing&#8230; just a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Shark Dissection!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/04/12/public-shark-dissection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educate Me]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A seven gilled shark was cut to pieces in public yesterday. Marine experts at the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre dissected the 6.5 ft beast, which died after being caught by a local fisherman. But when experts opened up the shark they got a bit of a surprise &#8211; 114 egg sacks. [Read more + [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Ol&#8217; Shark Spotted At New Zealand Beach</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/02/24/big-ol-shark-spotted-at-new-zealand-beach/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/02/24/big-ol-shark-spotted-at-new-zealand-beach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Closings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 23 ft shark spotted near a Christchurch beach in New Zealand forced lifesavers to clear the water on one of the busiest days of the year. Life saving manager Dougal Holmes said South Brighton Beach was cleared after police reported a shark sighting near Waimairi Beach at 2pm yesterday and signs were put up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girl Fights Off Shark With Body Board!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/02/02/girl-fights-off-shark-with-body-board/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/02/02/girl-fights-off-shark-with-body-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Close Calls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A teenager from New Zealand has saved herself from the jaws of a shark by using her body-board to defend herself. Fourteen-year-old Lydia Ward said she was at a beach near the southern city of Invercargill when the shark struck. The shark, about 5 ft in length, is reported to have lunged at her and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Sighting Roundup</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/01/06/shark-sighting-roundup/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/01/06/shark-sighting-roundup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sightings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[• In Mt Maunganui, New Zealand a young boy was pulled out of the water by his parents after a shark was spotted cruising just a few feet away from him at Bay of Plenty beach. [read more] • Six sharks were spotted swimming off the West Australian coast, prompting beach closings. A 9 ft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whoa!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/02/26/whoa/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/02/26/whoa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turtles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giant turtle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A really big turtle was found dead on Muriwai Beach Monday morning. The 8 ft long, 3 ft high, 5 ft wide turtle, believed to be a leatherback, had not been dead long when Linda and Peter Steen found it. [source]]]></description>
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		<title>Shark! No, Wait&#8230; Stingray!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/02/07/shark-no-wait-stingray/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/02/07/shark-no-wait-stingray/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other Attacks]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://swimatyourownrisk.com/?p=5135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Beaches near Nelson, New Zealand have reopened after a suspected shark attack has now been confirmed as a run-in with a stingray. Mike French, 47, had waded about 300 ft off Kina Beach, near Motueka, shortly after 3pm today when he felt something hit him in the side. He was able to get out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Chases New Zealand Surfers</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/01/16/shark-chases-a-couple-of-new-zealand-surfers/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/01/16/shark-chases-a-couple-of-new-zealand-surfers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A &#8220;very large shark&#8221; chased two surfers out of the water near Dunedin, NZ. The surfers were in the water at Karitane Beach when they spotted the shark. One of the surfer&#8217;s friends said the shark bumped into the guy and was as big as his board. Local man Allan Anderson, who owns a kayaking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Zealand Surfer Gets Cozy With Killer Whale</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/01/13/new-zealand-surfer-gets-cozy-with-killer-whale/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/01/13/new-zealand-surfer-gets-cozy-with-killer-whale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orcas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[killer whales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A surfer in New Zealand got to got to spend a liittle QT with three orcas on the Taranaki coast. Life long surfer Craig Hunter (aka Billy) was surfing at Stent Road surf break near Cape Egmont in Taranaki, when he saw a big whale about 6.30pm on Saturday, but he said the waves were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mako Chomps Down on Boat&#8217;s Motor!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/01/10/mako-chomps-down-on-boats-motor/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/01/10/mako-chomps-down-on-boats-motor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Close Calls]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[david mossman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://swimatyourownrisk.com/?p=4878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A 9 ft mako shark circled some boaters for about half an hour off New Zealand&#8217;s Hawkes Bay coast. Then it started attacking the boat&#8217;s motor. The body of the aluminium boat was unscathed, but the shark&#8217;s teeth left puncture marks in the outboard motor. It didn&#8217;t leave until they bopped it on the nose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Zealand Nibble!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/01/08/4859/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/01/08/4859/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shark Attacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greg sims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shark attack]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://swimatyourownrisk.com/?p=4859</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Greg Sims, 49, was enjoying a dip just south of New Zealand&#8217;s Tukituki River mouth when he felt a sharp, painful bite on the back of his leg. Sims, a registered nurse, used his towel as a tourniquet to stop the bleeding before driving to Hawke&#8217;s Bay Hospital. At first, Sims thought it was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jet Skier Circled by Sharks While Lost at Sea!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/01/04/jet-skier-circled-by-sharks-while-lost-at-sea/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/01/04/jet-skier-circled-by-sharks-while-lost-at-sea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Close Calls]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[jet ski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Maclure]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://swimatyourownrisk.com/?p=4806</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A New Zealand man (Nathan Maclure, 26) was adrift at sea for more than 30 hours after his jet ski broke down. Bummer. Not only was the weather nasty, but the dude was also visited by a few sharks before being spotted by a Russian boat about 8 miles off the South Island&#8217;s Canterbury coast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girl Hospitalized After Stingray Attack!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/01/02/girl-hospitalized-after-stingray-attack/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/01/02/girl-hospitalized-after-stingray-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An 11-year-old girl is recovering in the hospital after being stung by a stingray at New Zealand&#8217;s Wairarapa beach. She was able to get herself back onto the beach where surf life savers treated her injuries until a rescue helicopter arrived. The girl, who was playing in the water when she was stung, had a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: Stingray Victim Went Into &#8220;The Terror Zone&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/01/01/update-stingray-victim-went-into-the-terror-zone/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/01/01/update-stingray-victim-went-into-the-terror-zone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The woman who was skewered by a stingray while wading at Pohara Beach says she&#8217;ll swim in the sea again, but not at Pohara. Maia Freeman was walking in waist-deep water at the eastern end of the beach when she suddenly felt &#8220;a sharp pain almost as bad as childbirth&#8221; on her right thigh. &#8220;I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stingray Attacks Woman in New Zealand!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/12/30/stingray-attacks-woman-in-new-zealand/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/12/30/stingray-attacks-woman-in-new-zealand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 48-year-old woman was flown to the hospital by helicopter after being attacked by a stingray in New Zealand&#8217;s Golden Bay. The rescue copter was called to Pohara Beach shortly before three o&#8217;clock this afternoon. At the moment, the barb of the stingray is still imbedded in the woman&#8217;s leg. [source]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Summer In New Zealand&#8230; and You Know What That Means</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/12/01/its-summer-in-new-zealand-and-you-know-what-that-means/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/12/01/its-summer-in-new-zealand-and-you-know-what-that-means/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the New Zealand Herald, a close encounter with a big shark added a little excitement to this summer&#8217;s first beach weekend when bathers were sent scurrying from the surf three times at Papamoa Beach yesterday. The 8 ft thresher shark swam so close to shore it was clearly visible as it sliced through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Seals = More Sharks in Tasman Bay</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/22/more-seals-more-sharks-in-tasman-bay/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/22/more-seals-more-sharks-in-tasman-bay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swimmers better think twice before taking a dip in Tasman Bay. The increased seal population is attracting more sharks, including great whites, to the popular New Zealand spot. Apparently, seals are like &#8220;ice cream&#8221; to great whites&#8230; and who doesn&#8217;t like ice cream? [source]]]></description>
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		<title>Half-Ton Mako Gets Scientists Riled Up</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/15/half-ton-mako-gets-scientists-riled-up/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/15/half-ton-mako-gets-scientists-riled-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A nearly half-ton mako shark that died in the Mapua estuary in New Zealand on Friday could help unravel the mystery of how the beasts breed. The 12&#8242; mako shark was found in the Mapua estuary by Denis Crawford (sunglasses) and hauled out by locals. Richard de Hamel from Touch the Sea Aquarium (white hat) [...]]]></description>
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