The Hagley Night 'n Day was robbed on Saturday morning. Police at work in the closed store dairy.

A Christchurch convenience store has been robbed for the second time in just over a week.

Three men pushed a store attendant out of the way before stealing the till and cigarettes from the Night 'n' Day on Riccarton Rd near Hagley Park at about 4:30am on Saturday. The shop was closed on Saturday morning and police were examining the scene.

The incident is the latest in a spate of armed robberies at convenience stories across Christchurch in recent months that have store owners and staff fearing for their safety.

ALDEN WILLIAMS/STUFF Hagley Night'n Day attendant Gursimsom Singh, pictured, was thankfully not injured in the robbery, store owner Parm Singh said.

Store owner Parm Singh said the men had a car parked outside ready to flee.

"[They] came with a crowbar, pushed my guy around and took cigarettes and whatever else they could get and left in two minutes.

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ALDEN WILLIAMS/STUFF The Hagley Night 'n Day was robbed on Saturday morning.

"He [the attendant] had no idea what was going on; it happened so quickly."

Singh said he was happy the attendant, Gursimsom Singh, who was present for the first robbery, was uninjured.

Singh lives on site and said he was alerted to the

"I didn't pay much attention the first time because it was just one person who said 'I won't hurt you' and didn't take much.

"I have been here two years and it had never happened before [last week] ... It's just one of those things."

The dairy was first robbed on June 7. Attendant Gursimsom Singh was alone in the store when a man in his early 20s entered the shop with a steel rod.

"He slammed it [the rod] down on the counter and said 'this is a robbery'. I didn't do anything. I just stood back and said 'you take it'," he told Stuff at the time.

The man took cigarettes and abut $600 cash in the first robbery, which occurred on the same night as two other diary robberies.

One of the victims from the recent run of robberies, Kirk Rd Dairy owner Anthony Jung, blamed the rising price of cigarettes, where a pouch of tobacco cost $50 and a packet of cigarettes $30, as driving robberies.

"Stop increasing the price of cigarettes and tobacco," he had told the Government.

"They're getting all the revenue, and not using it to help people who get robbed every day. It's unworkable."

Jung said the robberies were becoming increasingly violent.

"Before [the price of cigarettes rose] it was just break ins at night. Now it's robbery with pistols. My wife doesn't want to work anymore, my mother doesn't want to work anymore. It's scary for them, it's scary for me. What can I do?

"Police say 'you can't arm yourself' – no pepper spray, nothing – and the robbers are having a field day."

Senior sergeant Paul Manhire said police enquiries into Saturday's robbery were ongoing. Anyone who was near the area or has information which could help identify the three people can contact Christchurch Police on (03) 363 7400.