Cabinet will discuss interventions with young people that have helped reduce burglaries and ram raids and whether they can be extended, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

Ardern attended the funeral on Sunday of 34-year-old Janak Patel who was fatally stabbed while working at Rose Cottage Superette in Sandringham, Auckland.

She says she understands why dairy owners and smaller retailers feel vulnerable, but denies accusations the government is soft on crime.

It has focused attention on ram raids and $500m of additional funding has gone into the police's crime prevention unit, she told Morning Report.

"We know we have to keep doing what we can to ensure people feel safe in their cities."

Ardern says ram raid numbers have declined to about 13 this month.

One of the reasons is the impact of prosecutions and convictions, she says.

The other is the intervention with about 70 young people identified as contributing to the problem, some repeatedly, that resulted in half of them getting back into education and training, she says.

"We've worked on specific plans for each of those individual children because in those cases you've got to work with the family too.

"What [Cabinet] will be talking about today are what are the interventions we've been using that we believe are working, can we look to extend some of those."

She rejects accusations the Labour government has not placed tough enough consequences on youth offenders - primarily resolving offending through non-court action in 2021.

Young people from the age of 15 who commit crime are still able to be brought before the court, she says.

But 12 or 13 year olds, for example, will go to court only for offences attracting a penalty of 14 years - which means aggravated burglary is covered but burglary is not.

This is where the plan for working with children and their families comes in, she says.

"We brought down offending because of that.

"We have not lessened the penalties on any individual crime."

Rather, they have increased police resources, brought in a firearm registry and increased penalties for firearm-related crimes.

"I worry that sometimes these conversations just come down to rhetoric.

"Where have you ever heard us say that if you're a young person and commit a crime that there won't be consequence for that? There is. All we have ever argued is that when we intervene lets make it work."

There will also be discussions later week on penalties around fleeing drivers, she says.

On delays in having bollards installed, she says one factor is that once an assessment is made after a ram raid, it can take some time for insurance to be completed and contractors brought in.

There are up to 120 which are ready to go but waiting for installation to be completed.

-RNZ.