Police have revealed more details about the arrest of Mathew Kidman, who was on the run after removing his electronic bracelet and fled his Wellington address on Friday.
Kidman, 35, was arrested last night in the Wellington suburb of Northland.
The arrest came after an off-duty police officer spotted the vehicle Kidman was known to be driving at 5.35pm.
The officer alerted his colleagues and police converged on the area.
They chased Kidman on foot for about 100m and then with the help of a police dog, managed to apprehend him at 6.40pm.