16 Mar 2022

DNA testing reveals 'Dug' is not a spud

From Afternoons, 1:40 pm on 16 March 2022

There were high hopes of a world record in Hamilton after a couple discovered a 7.9kg tuber 'Dug the Spud'.

However, those hopes have now been dashed.

DNA testing has confirmed that Dug is in fact a 'tuber type of gourd.'

But far from being disheartened Dug's owner, Colin Craig-Brown, has big plans for this Not-Potato.