Thieves have smashed into a dairy in Penrose before making off with stolen goods in a Toyota Wish.
Emergency services were called to Penrose Superette on Station Road around 2am on Monday after reports of a burglary.
Police said a group of offenders kicked in the dairy's front door before taking "a number of unknown items" and fleeing.
"At this stage, our enquiries into the incident are ongoing and no arrests have been made," police said in a statement.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on 105, quoting job number P051414092.
Information can also be provided anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.
It's the latest in a spate of brazen robberies across the region.
Last month Dairy and Business Association chair Sunny Kaushal called for the families of young offenders involved in ram-raids to be investigated by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD).
It comes after internal police documents obtained by Newshub showed in the first six months of this year, there have been 254 ram-raids - that's a 518 percent increase on the first six months of 2018.
A police report analysing a year of ram-raids found 76 percent were committed by youths under 17 years old and 17 percent were under 13 years old.
Kaushal said there has been a "staggering breakdown in law and order" and labelled crime an "emergency" in New Zealand.
"As you know, we are in a crime emergency and it's right now, It's right here.
"So it's quite a serious situation. The dairy owners are on the front line and being the most affected businesses by this senseless crime."
He called on MSD to investigate the families of the young offenders who are involved in ram-raids.
"The police need to be tougher and also this is crying out for MSD to put the families of these young offenders under the microscope because something has gone terribly wrong with their upbringing in some way," Kaushal said.
Earlier in July, an Auckland jewellery store owner said crime is so bad in the city it is worse than in South Africa.
Tj Handcrafted owner Thabet Haddadin made the comments after being burgled for the third time this year.
"This is not the first time, in the past I've had guns in my head… It's becoming so easy and people are doing it every day or every second day.
"We don't know what to say. It is becoming something happening every moment. I can tell you the truth, I traded gold and diamonds in Johannesburg for five years and I've never, ever experienced something like that. We're talking about Johannesburg, where they have a very high crime rate."
Haddadin said he's lived in four different countries but has never felt as unsafe as he does in New Zealand.
"I've never, ever felt so unsafe like the last two or three years in New Zealand. I don't know what is happening, I just don't feel safe anymore."
