How to spot a rip - a podcast by RNZ

Every year in New Zealand there are about 700 rescues related to rip currents and about five people die in these incidents every year. So what is a rip and how do you identify one? We ask the University of Canterbury's Dr Seb Pitman who recently published new research on water-safety education.

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