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To get people excited about growing giant pumpkins and help them in their giant pumpkin growing journey.
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New Zealand Giant Pumpkin Records
The NZ record for giant pumpkin was set by Tim Harris on the 8th of April 2018 with a pumpkin weighing in at 808kg.
The NZ record was set in 2016 at 789.5kg, grown by Tim Harris from Morrinsville.
In 2015 the NZ record was broken twice. First by Aaron Akkerman from Marton with a 732.5kg pumpkin
Read more about it here.
And a week later broken by Tim Harris from Morrinsville with a 754.5kg pumpkin.
Read more about it here.
The NZ record was broken in 2012 by the Bartons in Whangarei with a 721kg pumpkin.
Read more about it here.
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