Kaitaia's working hard to make job opportunities, to help tackle its methamphetamine crisis.
Herald analysis shows the weekly per capita meth consumption is more than double the national average in smaller towns with high deprivation - like Kaitaia, Opotiki and Wairoa.
Kaitaia Mayor John Carter told Heather du Plessis-Allan they care about their young people and are working hard to make advances.
"While it's challenging and it's not going to be fixed tomorrow, and it will be a long time before we get there, we've got to start changing our attitude and say, rather than shut these people out and create a sub-culture, how can we bring them into our society, what can we do that's positive for them and positive for us?".
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