Francis Ranginui is just one victim caught up in a spate of bike thefts in Wanganui.
His shiny new bike was stolen from railings while he was visiting the Whanganui Regional Museum on Sunday.
Francis came to live in Wanganui this year for his secondary schooling.
Last year he was a pupil at Te Wainui a Rua Kura on the Whanganui River. He's now living with his mother, Morania Solomon-Broughton, and going to Wanganui City College.
She bought him a $500 bike on time payment, so he could ride to school from her house in Aramoho.