A North Shore lottery winner says she rushed out to buy a Lotto ticket on the advice of her late mother in a dream.
The woman told NZ Lotteries her mother came to her in a dream with a message of luck and new fortune, and told her to buy a ticket.
She rushed to Valentines Stationers in Takapuna the next day to buy a $6 Lucky Dip, and went on to win $500,000 in the March 20 draw.
"I didn't even have breakfast, I just got up out of bed, went straight to the Lotto store and asked for the cheapest Lotto ticket," the woman said.
When her husband checked the Lotto numbers the following day, they realised they'd won half a million dollars.
The couple sat on the ticket for nearly a month before travelling to Wellington with family to claim the prize.
They plan to share the money with their family and spend some on an overseas trip.
Staff at Valentines Stationers said they were relieved the "missing" ticket had been claimed and pleased the winner was a local.
