A Hawke's Bay blueberry orchard won't lie down after having 700 bushes stripped by thieves

Hastings-based Bay Blueberries has had hundreds of kilograms of berries stolen from its premises on Railway Road South.

It comes after the business was hit badly by Cyclone Gabrielle early last year.

Owner Marian Hirst says they still have untouched shrubs, which will keep them going through the season.

She says Cyclone Gabrielle made all growers look at their business and budgets so this is a knock, but more to their morale, than bottom line.