Giant waves which pounded houses, spat up boulders and trapped a vehicle on Wellington's south coast could return today. Roads around Lyall Bay - near the city's international airport - Owhiro Bay and Island Bay had to be blocked off yesterday afternoon after fierce waves endangered motorists. Source: Tessa Sherlock, Rob Wilson.
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