Police suspect "multiple" people were involved in a ram raid overnight at a liquor store in Brooklyn, Wellington.
The bottle store on Cleveland Street was hit by a car just before 3.30am on Wednesday.
The glass front doors and windows of the store were completely taken out.
Multiple people were suspected of entering the store and taking property before fleeing in the vehicle, police said.
A vehicle was used to smash the front of The Cellar Room in Brooklyn, Wellington. Photo: RNZ / Giles Dexter
Lucy Roberts, who has run the store for 20 years, was visibly upset and said she was "absolutely gutted".
"You work so hard," she said. "They've come in and they've broken everything, and taken all the gin."
It was their second ram raid in five years.
"That's just how it is ... there's some mean people out there ... and they picked us didn't they."
Roberts was adamant she would fix up the store. "You gotta keep going," she said.
Police appealed for anyone with information to contact the 105 number.
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