He tino kino ngä taitamariki o ënei rä. Käore kë mätou i përä i a mätou e taitamariki ana. He kino kë o rätou reo, ä, ka pöï haere, ka whakararuraru i ëtahi atu. Mataku ana te haere i ngä tiriti i nga pö o te Paraire i te wä e whakaporohitatia ana i o ö rätou waka. Kore rawa ngä taitamariki e whakaaro nui ki ngä päkeke i ënei rä. Kua tae ki te wä, me whakatikatika ngä taitamariki nei i ä rätou tikanga. E oho tamariki mä – kia hiwa rä! Whakatikatika i a koutou!

Teenagers are bad news! In my day we had to behave or else! Their language is disgusting and they’re always ‘hanging out’ causing trouble. It’s not safe to go down the street on a Friday night any more with them doing their wheelies. Kids these days have no respect for older people. It’s time for teens to take a good look at themselves and change their rude behaviour! Come on teens....learn some manners now!

Kua höhä katoa au ki ngä körero whakapae mö mätou, ngä taitamariki. Ehara katoa mätou i te kino, i te whakatoi. Käore katoa mätou e inuinu waipiro ana, e kaihikareti ana, e uru ana i te raruraru. Ahakoa, käre i te möhiotia ö mätou whakaaro wawata ränei, kua pëhi këtia mätou. He maha ö mätou raruraru, pënei i ngä mahi o te kura, te whakaratarata ki ö mätou hoa, me ö mätou mätua. Kua wareware ngä päkeke o näianei he taitamariki rätou i mua, ä, kähore rätou e whakarongo mai ki a mätou. He uaua te noho a te taitamariki i ënei rä. Nö reira, kia aroha mai!

I’m sick of people saying bad things about us teenagers. We’re not all rude and cheeky! We don’t all drink, smoke, and get into trouble. Don’t judge us before you know us! Most of us have worries like school work, and getting along with our friends and parents. You know, adults have forgotten what it was like to be our age, and they don’t want to listen to what we have to say! It’s hard being a teen. Give us a break!