Rotokawa Kohanga Reo staff have been left with a bitter taste in their mouth after thieves stole one of its sheds.
The shed, which was stolen over the weekend, was being used to store items from the kohanga's old storage shed, which is being renovated and turned into a whare wananga.
Kohanga chairman Regan King said it was disappointing and he believed it was a pre-meditated heist.
"They'd have needed the tools to take it apart, then a flatbed trailer or truck to take it away, so they would have come prepared.
"It must have been done overnight because I assume they've unscrewed the shed and carried it away - it was quite big, if they'd have done it during the day they'd have been quite visible carrying the shed."