Police are urging people to keep their belongings secure or tucked away while at their workplace after a recent "stair dancer" incident in Napier.
The "brazen" thief walked into the Niven St, Onekawa, premises using a staff entrance.
Around 8.30am, just before the business was set to open for the day, a woman wandered into the building and came across a staff member's bag which contained a wallet containing cash, keys, a mobile phone and other personal items.
"Which she helped herself to," Constable Mike Burne said.
Police were however able to follow leads from the scene and a woman was located later in the day in Maadi Rd only a short distance from where the theft took place.