Garry Towler

It's been a wet and stormy night in many parts of the Upper North Island. Coromandel seems to have borne the brunt of the wild weather - power is out to several hundred homes, and heavy rain has… Audio

Heavy rain has caused disruption across the Coromandel region.

Flooding and slips have closed highways from Whangamata through Hikuai to Whitianga, and some residents are waking up without power.

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People across the country are waking up to heavy rain this morning. Weather warnings have now lifted across Northland, Auckland, but the Bay of Plenty isn't expected to escape that until later this… Audio

A landslip and flooding has closed State Highway 25 between Wharekaho and Kuaotunu and local roads between Whitianga and Pauanui in the Coromandel Peninsula this morning. There are also numerous power… Audio

Coromandel residents are being warned to prepare for power cuts, trees and slips blocking roads, and some communities could become isolated.

Civil Defence Controller for Coromandel Garry Towler spoke… Audio

Violent waves continue to batter the Coromandel coast - flooding roads and damaging coastline structures over the past 24 hours. Civil Defence Coromandel's area manager Garry Towler says there… Audio

More than 410 millimetres of rain has fallen in the Coromandel in the past 24 hours closing roads and stranding travellers. 

Local civil defence controller Garry Towler says many  have been… Audio

A man has died after being swept into a river near Ohakune and two cars were stuck in water in Auckland after the heavy rain overnight.

The heavy rain has also hit the Thames-Coromandel District… Audio

The cleanup is continuing on the Coromandel Peninsula today after bad weather lashed the region.

State Highway 25 between the Tairua River and Hikuai was closed yesterday due to flooding and only… Audio

The Coromandel remains cut off from the north, after the upper North Island was hammered by wind and rain over the past 24 hours. The Kopu-Hikuai and Manaia Roads were closed due to major slips, while… Audio

The latest on Cyclone Cook from the Whangamata & Tairua/Pauanui Area Controller for Civil Defence Garry Towler. Audio

Civil Defence is about to start evacuating low lying coastal areas of the Coromandel peninsula as a precaution this morning. The Thames Valley Civil Defence Controller, Garry Towler, says the civil… Audio