The driver of a suspected stolen truck tried to ram a police car before travelling the wrong way down Auckland's Southern Motorway during a police chase that lasted 40 minutes overnight.
Police tried to stop the suspected stolen light truck on the North Shore about 2am and a pursuit began south over the Harbour Bridge and on to the motorway.
The truck travelled at speeds up to 120 km/h and near the Mount Wellington interchange the driver attempted to ram a Police car, police said.
Police said the truck was followed south as far as Drury where it made a U-turn on the motorway and travelled north in the south-bound lanes.
The south-bound lanes of the motorway were closed to all traffic at Takanini as a precaution.
