Police are investigating a complaint that a woman was assaulted in Christchurch in the early hours of a Sunday morning.
Police said the incident occurred in a residential street in Bryndwyr, close to the Little Brown Jug bar, about 2.15am last Sunday.
The woman was allegedly assaulted by an unknown male wearing a black hoodie, police said.
Police were looking for a missing reusable New World shopping bag which contained items of clothing and person items such as hair straighteners.
Any residents who might have heard a disturbance in their street or seen anything around this time were asked to contact police.