Seven youths in one vehicle have been arrested for a ram-raid just north of Wellington in the early hours of Sunday morning.
In a statement, police said they were called to Beach Road in Paekākāriki following a report of a ram-raid where thieves stole a number of items including cigarettes.
The alleged offenders left in a vehicle, which was spiked a short time later and came to a stop near Raumati.
Seven young people were taken into custody and will undergo proceedings in relation to the ram-raid, police said.
It comes as ACT has slammed the Government for a lack of action on crime saying it has been "another month of doing nothing".
"Today marks a month since Police Minister Chris Hipkins said of his ram raid fund 'I expect the programme to ramp up over the next month', but not a single cent has been paid out since," ACT Leader David Seymour said in a statement on Sunday.
"Hipkins made the comment when he was forced to defend the fund's lack of delivery a month ago. Since then, another month of doing nothing.
"The fund's not driven by the community, but by the bureaucracy. You can't apply for funds, even if you have a vulnerable business. Police decide which businesses are eligible and it seems that part of the criteria is that you have already been ram-raided. So, to be eligible for protection from ramraids, you first have to be ramraided."
ACT has called for harsher consequences for those caught ram-raiding, giving courts the ability to dish out ankle bracelets to offenders.
"Ram-raids are being carried out by the same, hardened group of young people who face no consequences," Seymour said.
"They're too young for prison, they're known to escape from youth justice facilities or are sent home to their families where they have a lack of guidance and discipline.
Documents obtained by Newshub in July showed there had been a 518 percent increase in ram raids in the first six months of the year compared to the first six months of 2018. A report also found 76 percent of ram raids were committed by youths under the age of 17 and 17 percent were under the age of 13.
The Government announced last month it's expanding a number of schemes that seek to re-engage youth in education and provide them with wrap-around services to steer them away from crime.
