A man who escaped arrest on a Hutt Valley roadside then fled the scene in a car with a woman and child in it has been recaptured.
Police pulled over a car on Naenae Rd, Lower Hutt about 3.20am todau, Senior Sergeant Nigel Bullock of the Wellington District Command Centre said.
The male passenger in the rear of the vehicle gave false details and was removed from the vehicle and arrested for breach of electronically-monitored bail, Bullock said.
The 45-year-old assaulted two police officers while he was being handcuffed.