Police seek man after attempted dairy robbery

Christchurch police are looking for a man who tried to rob a dairy at knife-point last night.

Detective Sergeant Dorothy McPhail from Papanui CIB said a man carrying a large kitchen knife entered a dairy in Harewood about 8.30pm.

He demanded money from the female shop assistant.

She told him she would get him some cash and went into a room at the rear of the shop, Ms McPhail said.

The man had gone when the shop assistant returned.

He was described as a male Caucasian of medium build, aged in his 20s.

He was wearing a grey hoodie and dark coloured trousers. He had a scarf covering part of his face.

- NZPA