Counties Manukau Police are investigating an aggravated robbery at a Z service station in Manurewa overnight.
Police arrived at the service station, near the corner of Browns Rd and Roscommon Rd, at 10.04pm.
The area was cordoned off for several hours. Photos from the scene show the automatic doors appear to have been forced open.
Two vehicles believed to have been involved in the robbery have since been recovered - one in a nearby carpark and another abandoned on Whites Rd.