A Tauranga driver, alleged to be more than two times over the legal breath alcohol limit, burst through a police checkpoint with four young children in her car.
Tauranga police said the 29-year-old woman failed to stop for police and sped through a 50 km/h area.
When she was finally stopped and breath tested, the woman gave a reading of over 1000 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath, two and a half times over the legal limit.
The incident has been referred to Child, Youth and Family and the woman will appear in Tauranga District Court on November 2 charged with driving with excess breath alcohol, failing to stop for police and dangerous driving.
The woman was one of 22 drivers caught over the legal breath alcohol limit by Tauranga Police's Traffic Alcohol Group over the weekend.