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