To cut a 41-page judgment short, shark cage diving is no longer an offence per se, and therefore New Zealanders face once more with the prospect of people swimming with these apex predators unregulated. Yet it would be wrong to say that the Supreme Court's decision puts the matter entirely to bed. This is because while the court ruled on the correct approach to interpreting section 63A of the Wildlife Act, focusing on the definition of "hunt or kill", it declined to make a determination on the limited facts before it. 