29 Mar 2021

844kg pumpkin wins at NZ Great Pumpkin Carnival

From Morning Report, 8:56 am on 29 March 2021

When it comes to growing prodigious pumpkins, look no further Morrinsville's Tim Harris.

In fact there's no one in the southern hemisphere who can match what gets cultivated on a patch tended by Harris on his dairy farm.

Over the weekend he claimed a seventh title at the New Zealand Great Pumpkin Carnival in Hamilton, having presented an Atlantic Giant weighing in at 844.5 kilograms.

Harris spoke to Susie Ferguson