A shark with what looks to be a "huge bite" on its stomach has washed up in Pāpāmoa Beach this week.

Resident Pip Kwiecien, who spotted the shark, says the carcass looks "pretty fresh" and after using The Great White tracking app, it looks like "Daisy" may have been in the area.

Shark scientist Dr Riley Elliott says while it is hard to definitively tell from online photographs, the shark looks to be a Mako shark, and has "clear shark bites" through its stomach area.

"It is very common for sharks to eat other sharks. It generally only happens when one is injured or where a shark is caught on a fishing line."

"There’s an odd circular slice wound at the sharks cheek which looks man made so I would predict that this shark was caught on a tuna longline, and it was bitten while on the line by another shark."

Photo: Pip Kwiecien.

"Then the fishing vessel discarded this dead mako, cutting its facial area to get the hook back and it floated into shore. The species of shark that hit the mako is hard to tell solely from images but the clean nature of the cut is suggestive of a Great White, as other sharks like other Mako, would leave more tearing indentations.