Get out now, Coromandel Peninsula coastal residents told.

Here are the latest weather updates, region by region as Cyclone Cook bears down.

A state of emergency has been declared in Thames as Cyclone Cook hits.

Little respite by those hit by deluge overnight, as more bad weather predicted over next 48 hours.

A massive slip has closed State Highway 25 between Waihi and Whiritoa. It is one of a sting of closures around the region following heavy rain overnight. Made with funding from NZ On Air

Knee-deep floodwater in world champion surfer's Whangamata store.

Police car hit by a flash flood and washed into a swollen creek, stranding officer on top.

Coromandel residents left homeless after being evacuated due to flooding.

The forecasted weather bomb has seen a change in wind direction at the scene of the massive bush fire south of Whitianga.

Getting closer than 50 metres to a killer whale could set you back up to 250k or even lead to jail time. DOC is urging people to use common sense and only have three vessels surrounding large marine mammals at a time. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The woman was a passenger in a Toyota Hilux that smashed through a barrier and fell 70m, landing on its wheels in a paddock.

The passengers of a ute had a lucky escape when their ute tumbled 70 metres down a tricky stretch of road south of Coromandel Town last night.

Officials are urging residents around the Firth of Thames to take photos of King Tides to help them chart the impact of possible sea level rises. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Heavy downpours are keeping North Island fire crews busy tonight, with reports coming in of residents climbing to higher ground to escape flooding in the Coromandel.

A hunter who was reported missing in the Coromandel State Forest Park, near Hikutaia, has been found.

Climb aboard a carriage to appreciate a potter's decades-long labour of love.

This hand-laid, three-kilometre-long railway snakes its way through rugged Coromandel bush terrain to a tower that affords wonderful views out to the Hauraki Gulf.

For further information see: drivingcreekrailway.co.nz

Coromandel township locals are appealing against a High Court decision giving the go-ahead for a supermarket development in the middle of the town's heritage protection zone.

The food on the Hauraki cycle trail was worth dismounting for, says Nadia Lim.

Fifty years ago, a teacher in Coromandel town predicted to her student that their charming settlement would one day be a suburb of Auckland.

So you've been tasked with organising a hen's party ... one option is fleeing the city and swapping novelty cakes and forced craziness for a weekend of fun and pampering.

Classic NZ coastline, lush bush and old-fashioned holiday camp fun - Danielle Wright takes a campervan tour around the Coromandel.

Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with a fire at the Coromandel Police Station over Easter.