A man went for a "wade" in the Auckland Harbour to evade police this morning, after crashing his car on the Northern Motorway.
Emergency services were called to the incident, where a car had crashed into the Curran St on-ramp barrier, just before 6am.
Police spokesman Ben Offner said the man "had a slight wade or swim, but he came ashore quite quickly".
Mr Offner said police did not know why the driver tried to evade police.
"I'm sure there is a good reason for it, which I'm sure will come out in due course, but at this stage I don't know what it is."
