No Wellywood sign

Yay. Wellington Airport has backed down on their plan to erect a huge Wellywood sign on nearby hills.

Good on them for listening to the community. They want alternate ideas. I still like the idea of a giant weta – unique to NZ, and is a way we can promote the creative industry that has built up around Weta.

Two anti-wellywood sign Facebook groups got over 15,000 and 4,000 members.

In a sign of Facebook’s power, the Airport is calling for ideas to be posted to their Facebook page.