Whanganui's Fitzherbert Ave Dairy has been the target of an aggravated robbery for the fourth time.
A male armed with a screwdriver stole cash in a robbery just before 7pm on Wednesday."Someone jumped over the counter and grabbed cash," the shop owner, who did not want to be named, said.
"He had a screwdriver. He ran down the alley beside the shop to a car.
"This happens all the time in New Zealand after the government put up the cigarette price."
The owner, who was alone in the shop at the time, said he did not know how much money was stolen from the cash register.