Ohakune's $6.8 million Lotto prize has been claimed.
And the winner is... sorry, from out of town.
The winning ticket was sold at Take Note Ohakune and drawn on Saturday January 23. Take Note Ohakune's manager, Raylene Deadman, earlier told the Wanganui Chronicle that rumours had been circulating around the town as to who the winner might be.
Lotto New Zealand confirmed the winner had come forward yesterday after suddenly realising the ticket had been sitting in his wallet for eight days.
The man and his wife live in the Manawatu region and do not want to be identified.