‘Have you ever seen Maori warriors in a blood-frenzy, Mr Ewing?’ I said I had not. ‘But you have seen sharks in a blood-frenzy, have you not?’ I replied that I had. ‘Near enough. Imagine a bleeding calf is thrashing in shark-infested shallows. What to do – stay out of the water or try to stay the jaws of the sharks? Such was our choice.
