Police in Christchurch are looking for two teenage girls after a series of aggravated robberies in the city on Tuesday.
Three women were stopped by the pair while walking in the Linwood and Richmond areas between 6.30am and 3pm.
Police say the teenagers punched the women and stole their handbags.
The pair are described as Maori, aged between 16 and 18, of medium build and about 170 centimetres tall.
They were seen in a grey or white four-door sedan.
