Kiwi-style celebration

The celebratory champagne was paired with fish and chips on a Sunday evening when a Christchurch woman discovered she was a Lotto millionaire. During a quiet time at home the woman, who did not want to be named, decided she should check the numbers from a draw on June 2. She soon realised some numbers on her ticket were starting to match up. Her partner confirmed the matching numbers on her ticket were more than just a few, and they jumped in the car and headed to the nearest Lotto shop. The operator told the woman she had won $1 million. ‘‘I frantically waved out the shop window to my partner to get him to come inside – he couldn’t believe it either. It was only when we all went out to the back to fill in the prize claim form that it really started to hit me,’’ the woman said. The winning ticket was sold at Countdown Ferrymead.