Island-dweller and ocean lover Jade Kahukore-Dixon had jumped into waters off New Zealand when he was mauled by a great white shark in a horror attack that has rocked the community

A rugby player has been mauled to death by a great white shark after diving off a boat. 24-year-old Jade Kahukore-Dixon leapt into waters off remote islands near New Zealand and was savaged by the beast on Tuesday. The emergency services attended the scene closeby to Chatham Islands and Jade was taken to hospital and later died.

A man has died after being attacked by a shark off the coast of a remote island to the east of New Zealand. Jade Kahukore-Dixon had been diving off a boat in the Bay of Waitangi, near Chatham Island,

Dixon, 24, was mauled off the Chatham Islands, about 800km east of New Zealand's South Island, at midday on Tuesday.