The winning ticket was worth a total of $28,710,403, comprising $28,309,882 million from Powerball First Division plus $400,521 from Lotto First Division.
“Powerball has been jackpotting for sixteen weeks to reach this massive prize, only the second time ever it has jackpotted this long,” said Mcleay in the press release.
The unnamed winner, a self-employed Papakura father who bought the ticket, spoke exclusively with the NZ Herald on condition of anonymity. He said he purchased the $12 Power dip from Mobil on the Run in Papakura after the woman in front of him bought a ticket.
Described as a "humble and hard-working" pighunter by the Herald, the man is still deciding what to do with the fortune, mentioning he can pay off a couple of debts and would like to give some to charity.
"I'm going through the stage of still thinking about it all, still trying to get it to sink in … I don't know," he told the Herald. "I like the way my life is at the moment, so I hope I can still keep it that way, kind of. Probably impossible, but I'll try."
The win exceeded the previous record of $22.4 million won in October 2009 by a player from Manukau.
