A police pursuit in South Auckland has ended with the fleeing vehicle driving into a parked car and catching fire.
The man driving suffered cuts and his female passenger was uninjured in the low-speed crash on Beatty St, Otahuhu about 8.30am.
Counties Manukau police Senior Sergeant Jeremy Field said the pursuit started at 8am, when a motorist on the Southern Motorway reported seeing a woman crying and calling for help from within a moving vehicle.
Police pursued the black sedan through Otara and Otahuhu before it crashed into the red Toyota Yaris and caught fire.
"The driver of the vehicle purposely drove into a parked car," he said.
The man received cuts from broken glass, but was not seriously injured.
He was taken into police custody.
His female passenger was not injured.
Mr Field said a serious crash investigation was continuing.
Fire Service spokesman Jaron Phillips said one crew was called to the scene and extinguished a minor car fire.
It was understood the pursuit was at low speed.