Sharks off Tauranga beaches

A Great White Shark - Source Photo

New Zealand — The Police service of Tauranga urges divers to be cautious when swimming along Mount Maunganui and Papamoa coastline after a group of five or six sharks were seen there this afternoon. 
According to Senior Sergeant Rob Glencross a resident phoned in the warning at approximately 3pm. 
The group of sharks was sighted about 30m off shore, near Sunbrae Ave in Papamoa. 
Jacqui van der Beek, who was at Omanu Beach between Papamoa and Mount Maunganui with her children at 4.30pm, said she hadn't seen the sharks and hadn't been alerted there were any in the area. 
According to van der Beek "We haven't seen anything - we've got lots of people in the water,"  There were no Omanu or Mount Maunganui lifeguards on duty when she spoke,  and locals there said they had not seen or heard anything about the group of sharks.