He was sentenced to four months of community detention, with a curfew from 8pm to 6am, and nine months of supervision.
A police summary stated that the store was raided at 4.37am on March 20.
Two people got out of a car after crashing it into the front of the shop and loaded clothing into the back of the vehicle.
At about 2.25pm the same day, police stopped Morris whilst he was driving a Mazda3 down Highbury Avenue in Palmerston North.
After noticing a hammer in the footwell of his car, they searched it and found the Huffer-branded clothing in the rear of the hatchback, the items totalling to a worth of almost $6500.
Morris told police he had bought the clothing from a friend for $200.
Judge Phillip Cooper, in sentencing Morris, said that being found with the clothing so soon after it was stolen would have raised suspicion that he was responsible for the ram-raid.
As he spoke, a woman in the public gallery interjected that data from Morris' phone showed that he was not involved in the robbery.
"Madam, I am not sentencing him on the basis that he was involved in the ram-raid," the judge told the woman.
"If I was, he would be going to jail for two years."
Judge Cooper said Morris had no previous convictions for dishonesty, but did have a recent methamphetamine conviction. He was well-regarded by his employers and had good family support.
The conditions of the supervision order included that Morris must undergo an assessment for alcohol or drug treatment, not possess or consume alcohol or drugs, and complete any programmes as determined necessary by a probation officer.
A police spokesperson said the inquiry into finding the ram-raiders was "ongoing".
The Palmerston North robbery was one of two ram-raids on Huffer stores in the last three months.
The brand's Ponsonby Rd shop in Auckland was raided last month, when more than $20,000 worth of stock was taken.
