A festive pumpkin carving challenge where creativity, speed, and spooky designs go head-to-head in a fun Halloween showdown.

A whakairo (wood carving) class started at Manawatu College at the beginning of the year, after a group of teachers and pupils met informally to learn the craft during lunchtimes last year.

Every year, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California gather for the ultimate pumpkin carving contest.