Police are investigating a report of a robbery at a dairy on Wednesday morning in Whangārei.
Tui Cresent Foodmarket in Maunu was targeted around 7.30am on Wednesday in an armed attack which involved stolen vehicles.
A staff member, who did not want to be named, said they had only just opened before the robbery occurred.
It is alleged one person involved was holding a knife as they rushed towards staff, one member falling over in the process.
“We told [them] ‘you can take whatever you want’.”