Greater Wellington Regional Council chairwoman Fran Wilde got a hard time at the Local Government Commission debate in Carterton.
The debate over the benefits (or not) of a super city was the most engaged posting online last week, made particularly notable on Facebook with 10 satirical memes courtesy of Chris Chittens.
The story also created the best-selling front page for the week.
That was perhaps unsurprising, considering the scramble
for extra chairs to cater for the capacity crowd who turned up at the Carterton Event Centre to hear guest speakers give their presentations, largely in the negative, on the concept of Wairarapa becoming part of a super city of Wellington.
The notable exception was Greater Wellington Regional Council chairwoman Fran Wilde, basing her speech on a positive vision of Wairarapa in 20 years.
Facebook posters, many who were at the meeting, expressed dismay at the rudeness of the audience to Ms Wilde, which had involved a slow handclap and deliberately audible yawns.
