Robbery attempt at jewellery store on Napier’s main street

Hawkes Bay Today

3 Feb, 2026 02:50 AMQuick Read

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Police on the scene of a robbery attempt at Michael Hill in Napier on Tuesday. Photo / NZME

Emergency services are responding to a brazen robbery attempt on Napier’s main shopping street on Tuesday.

Police were speaking to witnesses outside Michael Hill on the corner of Emerson and Market Sts about 3.20pm.

Onlookers told Hawke’s Bay Today they heard a crash and saw half a dozen people inside
the jewellery store, some on top of displays smashing them, before the group fled out the door to a getaway car near Tennyson St.

One appeared to have a “machete” with them, a witness said.

Police have been contacted for comment.