A prisoner who was released for a tangi is on the run in Northland after crashing into a fence on State Highway 1 yesterday near Whangārei.
The man, an inmate at the Northland Region Corrections Facility, crashed a vehicle just after 7pm in Oakleigh yesterday before stealing another vehicle and driving away.
A police spokesperson said the man then dumped the car in the suburb of Raumanga.
Officers in the area were searching for the man with the assistance of a dog unit.
