Welling­ton Air­port has actu­al­ly lis­tened to the mas­sive pub­lic oppo­si­tion to the Welly­wood sign (and poten­tial legal trou­bles from Hol­ly­wood) and have ditched the idea.

Thank God for that.

Stuff reports: 

Welling­ton Air­port has backed down from a pro­pos­al to erect a “Welly­wood” sign and is ask­ing the pub­lic for alter­na­tive ideas.

… [O]pposition from the pub­lic — and a pos­si­ble legal stoush after Hol­ly­wood lawyers said it would be a trade­mark vio­la­tion — led to a change of plans.

Welling­ton Air­port chief exec­u­tive Steve Fitzger­ald today invit­ed alter­na­tive ideas for “a sign cel­e­brat­ing the glob­al suc­cess of Welling­ton’s film indus­try” to be sub­mit­ted via Face­book.

The ques­tion now is where­abouts on Face­book do we leave our ideas? There’s noth­ing for Welling­ton Air­port, so we’re just left with the “Hey, let’s NOT have a “WELLYWOOD” sign in Welling­ton” group, and the slight­ly strange “Sup­port Welly­wood” page.

Let’s hope that what­ev­er they come up with to grace the Mira­mar hills is some­thing we’ll love.

UPDATE: The Face­book page for Welling­ton Inter­na­tion­al Air­port has appeared. Have at it!