Face-off with a Great White

Eyewitness by RNZ

Sep 29, 202100:20:31Society & Culture

Is this what it's like to die? This was one of the thoughts drifting through sixteen year old Barry Watkins mind as he clung on to the edge of his brand new surfboard. In a story of terror and survival Barry recalls what...

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