A service station attendant was told he'd be smacked over the head with a wooden bat if he didn't meet the demands of a "menacing" man in Dannevirke.
Senior Sergeant Nathan Davis said police were hunting a Maori man who allegedly entered Dannevirke's Caltex Westlow Service Station at 3.05am on Sunday, produced a "cut down bat" from his pocket and threatened to attack.
![Do you know this man? He was caught on camera after a worker was allegedly told he would be 'smacked on the head' by a bat during a robbery.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/PKZN3NPJOS3TTME3THI52K7ZLM.jpg?auth=63afef9e7467669504621c6a7458bb27267c0beef281985dc0384bab198236bf&width=16&height=14&quality=70&smart=true)
"The man told the service station attendant, 'this is going one way, you get one option. I smack you over the head with this [bat], or you give it [the money] to me'."
The man, described as "a pretty menacing character," made off on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash from the till.