A RUGBY player has been mauled to death by a great white shark after diving off a boat. Jade Kahukore-Dixon, 24, jumped into the water off remote islands near New Zealand before he was savaged by

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.