The youths were carrying out their crimes in groups, police said.
The first group, made up of four youths, were taken into custody after a shop was burgled on Wakefield Rd in Sumner.
Police said the incident was reported around 2am.
A second group of four youths was also arrested after breaking into a fast food store on The Runway in Wigram, which was reported at 4.15am.
Separately, two youths were taken into custody after officers spotted a stolen car being driven dangerously on Hargood St in Woolston.
The car was later found abandoned on McGregors Rd in Bromley at 2.50am, two young people were found by officers a short time later.
Police have confirmed they are also following positive lines of inquiry in relation to two other burglaries in the city overnight.
One was at a vape store on Main North Rd in Redwood, which occurred shortly before 3am.
Another was a liquor store on Colombo St in Sydenham which was broken into at around the same time.
