As put by Inspector Danny Meade:
A 44-year-old man faces a number of charges after crashing a stolen vehicle in Pakuranga this morning following a string of burglaries.
The man is thought to have been responsible for seven reported burglaries, stealing two cars, and getting into three crashes, between around 5:10am and 5:50am today.
It began in Udys Road where Police received a call from someone reporting an unknown man had broken into their house, and a physical confrontation took place. Fortunately there were no injuries, and the man left on foot.
Within minutes, Police received two further separate reports from residents on Udys Road - one reporting a man trying to force entry to her home, and a second reporting their front door being smashed.
Residents of a Pakuranga Road property called Police just after 5:30am, reporting that an unknown man had forced entry into their house armed with a knife. There were no injuries reported, before the man left.
Around 5:40am, Police were made aware of an incident on Grammar School Road, where they had seen a person run off towards their neighbour's about 10 minutes earlier.
By this stage, a Police dog unit was in the area and had come across the man on a separate Grammar School Road property.
Minutes later, Police received another call from someone reporting the man had kicked in the front door to their house and was smashing items inside.
He stole this person's car keys and drove off in their vehicle, crashing through a gate and onto Pakuranga Road, then onto Udys Road.
A Police unit was in the vicinity, before the vehicle crashed at the intersection of Udys Road and Reeves Road.
The man has then stolen another car from a property on Reeves Road, which Police pursued for a short time before it crashed at the intersection of Ti Rakau Drive and Tiraumea Drive, causing significant damage to a fence.
The man ran off on foot, before being arrested a short time later.
He will appear in court at a later date.
