Sharks are providing a lot of action, and entertainment, around harbours at the moment and some are very close to where people are swimming and boating.

They are usually large female bronze whalers which venture into shallow water to have their babies, and to feed on the rich pickings like snapper and flounder. It happens every year after Christmas in harbours from Tauranga to the Far North, but in Auckland the large sharks are being seen off beaches like Bucklands Beach.

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