The police have named the two people who died during a police chase in Auckland on Monday.
The car crashed into this tree on St Lukes Road after trying to overtake another vehicle Photo: RNZ / Kate Newton
They were Connor Talaimau, 29, and Sharina Storm Meuli, 25.
Police said the car had been travelling at up to 130kmh before it crashed into a tree on St Lukes Road in Morningside, killing the pair, who were both rear-seat passengers.
Three more men in the car, including the 22-year-old driver, were taken to hospital in a serious condition.
The pursuit - which lasted less than five minutes - began when police spotted the car speeding on the North-Western motorway at 1.08am.
Police caught up to the car but it did not pull over, instead fleeing and leaving the motorway at the St Lukes off-ramp at 1.12am.
It immediately crashed after trying to overtake another vehicle.
The police say their investigation into the incident is continuing.