Car takes on a life of it's own

Police will speak to the parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles of three young children left sleeping in a car which strangely drove off from the West Auckland house - on it's own with nobody at the wheel!

The car had been left on James Laurie St, Henderson with the children, aged 6, 4 and 2 asleep in the back seat.

Police were called about 11.45pm and began a search of the area.

The vehicle was found at Parrs Park in neighbouring Glen Eden shortly after 1am with the children safely inside.

They have since been reunited with their parents.

Police, however, were shocked that the car just seemingly ended up there and have no idea how the whole thing happened.

"Everybody at the police station is baffled at how something like this could happen, it was as if the car had a life of it's own. We are trying to contact the car manufacturer to see if they know why this has happened. As such we have arrested the car without bail for driving off without owners consent." the statement said.

It is the second such incident in recent months. In June, a car with a toddler and a baby in the back seat moved off on it's own from a Dunedin petrol station.

The car decided to drive itself off for a 10km joyride at speeds up to 150km/h before it crashed on Dunedin's southern motorway.

The children, two boys aged 3 and 18 months, were found safe and well.

The car was also arrested and appeared before court. It was sentenced to the crusher (death sentence).