Police are working to identify a man in connection with a series of serious assaults and a robbery targeting elderly people outside a supermarket.

About 9am on Wednesday, August 20, police received a report of a person stealing a bag and assaulting two elderly people outside the front of Woolworths Hobsonville, a police spokesperson said.

One victim suffered serious injuries and was transported to hospital.

Police are seeking the public’s help to identify the man pictured. Photo / NZ Police

Police urge anyone who may know this man to contact them using the reference number 250820/8466.

Information can also be provided anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.