Police Pursuits

A driver whose car crashed during a police pursuit in North Otago has been taken to hospital in a critical condition.

A brief police pursuit has ended with the fleeing driver trapped in his car with serious injuries near Manurewa.

An officer has been charged with dangerous driving after a police chase along Wellington's waterfront that forced bystanders to leap out of the way.

A government bill cracking down on bad driving is unreasonable and gives too much power to the police, the Attorney-General says.

A wanted man who died after jumping from the Auckland Harbour Bridge had led officers on a 40 minute chase across Auckland, police say. Video

Police should not have tried to ram a car off the road in Christchurch shortly before it was involved in a crash, an IPCA investigation has found.

The woman who died in a crash following a police pursuit on Saturday night was 21 years old.

The police spent more than $1.8 million over the past five years repairing vehicles damaged in pursuits.

A drug-fuelled high-speed car chase from Auckland to Waikato overnight led to a stranger being snatched from his bed at gunpoint, police say.