Te Puru is a locality on the western side of the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand.

[3][4] The Te Puru Stream and about 18 tributaries drain a steep hilly 23 km2 area of the Coromandel Range, almost entirely covered by native forest.

[5] Te Puru track runs between Te Puru and Tapu-Coroglen road, intersecting with Waiomu Valley and Crosbies Main Range tramping tracks on the way.

Te Puru is part of the larger Thames Coast statistical area.

[7] Thames Coast statistical area, which also includes Tapu, Waiomu, Thornton Bay and Ngarimu Bay, covers 116.11 km2 (44.83 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 1,780 as of June 2024,[8] with a population density of 15 people per km2.

[12] Te Puru and Waiomu were included in the ‘high impact’ area of the storm.