If their assessment is correct, it's the first time a newborn great white shark has been observed in the wild.
"The water is so nice and it feels safe, so that's quite scary."
"When you get children jumping in the water and making the same-sized splash as a kingfish carcass, then you can run into trouble."
"In the last two weeks we've had 42 sightings across Coromandel and Bay of Plenty."
"It is the shark's home at the end of the day, we just play in it."
It comes after a woman was bitten by a shark and received a significant laceration.
It comes after a large shark was spotted near Rabbit Island on Nelson's coastline last weekend.
They're hoping for more this summer than before.
Tags have been put on four sharks around the North Island.
