Police from Manning Great Lakes Command are investigating the circumstances surrounding the assault and robbery of a pizza delivery driver in Forster at the weekend.

Shortly before 9pm, on Sunday, 25 November, 2012, a 57-year-old man pulled up outside an address in Cabarita Avenue to deliver a pizza.

The driver got out of his car to deliver the order to a man that was standing in the driveway.

As he got out of his car with the pizza, a second man, described as Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander in appearance, very thin, with a brown bandanna covering his face, struck the 57-year-old in his back causing him to fall.

He was then punched and kicked by the second man before having the evening takings stolen from his jeans pocket.

The driver was able to get back into his car and drive back to his work where police and NSW Paramedics were called.

He was taken to Manning Base Hospital where he was treated for cuts and abrasions.

Detectives have commenced and investigation.