The prize will increase to $38 million on Saturday.
The winning numbers for last night's draw were 29, 25, 9, 36, 2, 13 and the bonus number was 11.
The winningpowerball number was 6.
"If a single player is lucky enough to win the top Powerball prize on Saturday night - it will be the single largest prize ever won in New Zealand," said Emilia Mazur, GM Corporate Communications of Lotto NZ.