Toddler scoops $1m Bonus Bonds win

  • 30/09/2016
The toddler will likely need a bigger piggy bank (Getty)
The toddler will likely need a bigger piggy bank (Getty)

A three-year-old boy has likely become the richest toddler in New Zealand after winning $1 million in Bonus Bonds.

The Christchurch boy and his family got a call that they'd won the August draw after they had returned home from a holiday.

"My husband was literally pumping the air when he was on the phone," the unnamed woman said.

"As soon as he got off and told me, we were running around, so thrilled. It was definitely a jump up and down moment."

The couple had bought their son Bonus Bonds when he was born on Christmas Day and had $250-worth his mother's uncle had bought for him.

The boy has become the youngest million dollar winner in history, while on the other end of the scale, the oldest was 92.

Bonus Bonds started in 1970, with those investing getting a chance to win a share in thousands of tax-free cash prizes each month - the top prize being $1 million.

Newshub.