More than a dozen youths have been arrested after an overnight crime spree in Auckland.
Assistant Commissioner Richard Chambers said the 15 people arrested were aged between 11 and 16.
The first arrest came after police used spikes to successfully stop a stolen car near Manurewa at around 11.23pm.
Police then spotted another stolen car on the South-Western Motorway at around 11.28pm which they managed to stop Māngere.
Then just before 1am another stolen car was spotted in Grey Lynn along with another car - both of which refused to stop and fled on the North Western Motorway.
"One vehicle was later stopped back in Parnell, with the other in the New Lynn area," Chambers said.
He said police used a range of tactics to stop the offenders.
"Our staff utilised appropriate tactics to monitor the vehicle's movements and bring the incidents to a conclusion.
"Enquiries will be ongoing into the fleeing driver incidents, with appropriate enforcement action being taken as a result.
"Police continue to engage our partner agencies around young people we are identifying in offending, as they work to try and address the drivers behind their offending."
