Tialoren Topping (48) committed the crimes just weeks before her involvement in the homicide, the details of which are suppressed.
She was jailed for 13 months when she was sentenced in the High Court at Dunedin last month, meaning a total stretch of two years behind bars.
The Dunedin District Court heard yesterday that Topping was witnessed driving erratically on State Highway 1 near Milton on July 25, which led to other motorists taking evasive action.
Initially the defendant stopped when police intervened but then she had a change of heart.
Judge Joanna Maze described how Topping took off, reaching speeds of 110kmh, at times veering into the wrong lane.
After doing a U-turn, she drove directly at one patrol car which swerved out of her path, but the second could not avoid her.
Topping then tried to hit an officer who was on foot, narrowly missing.
The pursuit continued and police eventually found the woman at a property, throwing items on to the lawn.
She refused to give herself up and had to be Tasered into submission.
A search of her Toyota turned up several empty bottles and cans of alcohol.
Topping’s belligerence continued at the station and breath-testing procedures could not be completed.
She pleaded guilty to aggravated driving while disqualified, driving while impaired, reckless driving and failing to remain stopped as a result of the incident.
The defendant also admitted charges of resisting arrest, disorderly behaviour and intentional damage, which stemmed from two later incidents.
Counsel Andrew Dawson said Topping conceded she was an alcoholic and needed help to overcome her addiction.
While she had three previous drink-driving convictions (most recently in 2015), Judge Maze said she could not be called a recidivist drink-driver.
Though Topping owed $6500 for damage to the police car and more than $1000 for a break-in in central Dunedin, the judge said there was no prospect of that debt being cleared.
The defendant already owed more than $14,000 in reparation for previous crimes, the court heard.
She was banned from driving for 15 months.
