Wild waves lashing the Coromandel coast have flooded roads and left destruction in their wake.
The "significant storm event" is set to last for most of the week and the Thames-Coromandel District Council warns everyone in coastal communities to stay away from beaches.
The wild weather is due to pressure rapidly dropping in the low off New Zealand, MetService says.
"The low in question is comparatively close to NZ (for swell) which means less of the clean, long-period swell waves and more of the noisy, short-period wind waves."
These swell waves and wind waves combine to make the wave you see in the water.
"In general, the wind waves outsize the swell waves until around Wednesday, so until then it is bad conditions for surfing - in short, a big dangerous mess!" MetService adds.
Photos and videos show the monster waves thrashing the coastline on Sunday. Here's a round-up of some of the best.
