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A man leads police on a 20 minute car chase in the Hutt Valley before clipping the pursuing patrol car and coming to a stop against a brick wall.

Kevin Jones rushed home from work at lunchtime to find his house 10m away from the edge of a slip that blocked State Highway 2 at Te Marua, 6km northeast of Upper Hutt.

Police are investigating the possibility that a gang of home invaders is operating in Hutt Valley.