Tegan Gadsby, 7, was gutted to find her early Christmas present from her nana destroyed.
A pupil at Masterton Primary School, Tegan found her scooter with the handlebars ripped off and the wheels damaged after it had gone missing at school.
Her mother Loretta Gadsby said Tegan had taken her new wheels to school and her scooter was put into a classroom with all the other scooters to be kept safe. It went missing and turned up a week later in another classroom, unable to be used.
When Tegan finally got it back she said she felt "just really sad" and cried.
"She was beside herself," said her mother.