Hastings Police are appealing for witnesses after an aggravated robbery at a service station in Hastings this morning.
At about 1.30am, a man armed with a firearm entered the Gull service station on Omahu Road and demanded cash and tobacco from the attendant.
He left with cash and tobacco in an orange plastic bag and was seen getting into a waiting car which headed east on Omahu Road, back towards the hospital.
The car may have turned down Stoneycroft Street towards Camberley or continued into Hastings city.
The offender is described as a slim, pale-skinned Maori who's approximately 5'9"- 5'10" and was wearing dark clothing.