Police pursuit

A third person has died following a crash in which a fleeing car hit a parked truck in Mangere overnight.

The fourth man involved in a fatal crash following a police pursuit on Friday night has died.

A young child has been taken to hospital after being injured when a car being chased by police crashed into a house in the Auckland suburb of Mt Eden this morning.

At least 11 patrol cars and the police helicopter were unnecessarily pursuing a motorcyclist at speeds up to 122kmh when he crashed and suffered severe brain injuries, a police conduct review has found.

Police were led on a high-speed pursuit down Auckland's Southern Motorway this morning before the fleeing driver crashed into a median barrier.

Two police officers have been praised for pulling two people from a burning car near Blenheim last night.

A high-speed chase between Hutt Valley and Wellington ended with the arrest of three teens early this morning.

Police have been heavily criticised for failing to abandon a pursuit that endangered the public and culminated in the deaths of two young men.

Police are looking for the driver of a white 1991 BMW which crashed through a fence and into a residential garage during a police pursuit in Dunedin on Friday evening.

A teenager drove at between 150kmh and 200kmh while fleeing police in a pursuit that ended with his death, an investigation has found.

A group of teenagers arrested following a high-speed chase in which they clocked speeds of up to 170kmh early yesterday are lucky to be alive, police say.

The three occupants of a vehicle which featured in three high-speed pursuits during the weekend were only caught because the car's engine failed, Wanaka police say.