Just five stores across Tāmaki Makaurau have received security upgrades as part of a $6 million support fund announced by the government.
The prevention programme was announced by then-Police Minister Poto Williams in May. But business owners say finding someone it has helped is like finding a needle in a haystack.
It comes after Checkpoint revealed police attended 436 ram raids across the country in the last year alone, up from 191 the year prior.
Here's reporter Nick Truebridge and camera operator Marika Khabazi.
