A Northland hardware store has helped a local resident turn $11 into $10,000.
Kawakawa resident Chevy Taylor swiped her AA Smartfuel card during a $10.99 purchase and won $10,000 in return, as the winner of a nationwide competition.
For the month of November every customer who made a purchase and swiped their AA card at a Hammer Hardware store was entered into the draw.
Chevy is a regular at Hammer Hardware Kawakawa and was ecstatic to find out she'd won the big prize.
"I didn't think it was true, I thought someone was playing a prank on us!" she said.