Comments on: Old Zealand beat New Zealand in local elections metaphorically and literally

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 01:11:23 +0000

There’s a disturbing trend in Aotearoa and elsewhere that hates on boomers. The other comments here put it in perspective nicely. The years pass so quickly – before you know it, the boomer-adjacent generation will be the oldest generation and no doubt will be on the receiving end of envy and rancor from the younger ones.

By: tony

tony — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 20:12:28 +0000

in Selwyn the majority of astroturf candidates and voters are “Gen X”. Despite money, Nat party backing “Old Zealand” could barely manage a draw in their own backyard. You need to stop pushing the “generation divide” and accept it is about class – Toffs will vote for toffs regardless of age, and the middle class will vote for their own self interest regardless of how woke or not the left are.
And yes Sleepy H is right “it’s the old grey hairs who decide things because we fuckin vote.”

By: joseph

joseph — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 20:11:57 +0000

In reply to Sleepy H. Yes it was so called boomers who created the Values Greens stopped the Viet Nam war and SA apardheid and attempted to kiss and make up over the treaty breaches. A teacher tells me teenage guys like Act. Word from local teenage boys they are pissed old zealand men were enthrall to feminism.

By: Sleepy H

Sleepy H — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 17:59:36 +0000

I guess when you are looking at the big picture you have to generalize however…
The size of your age cohort don’t mean shit. You have to get them to actually vote.
I’m a bang in the middle boomer and have voted at every single opportunity for 50 years. My very first vote was for the Values party.
You can have all the gens in the world but it’s the old grey hairs who decide things because we fuckin vote.