ONE News has obtained CCTV footage of an armed robbery at a Tauranga butchery at the weekend.

The footage from inside the Aussie Butcher store at Gate Pa shows an employee preparing the tills early on Sunday morning.

A robber, described as a thin Maori man in his late 20s, can be seen entering the building.

He then grabbed a butcher's knife and allegedly threatened to stab the worker, taking cash from the till and the store's safe.