The leader of the country's largest iwi is calling for the police to crackdown on drug dealers and methamphetamine use in Northland. 

It comes as a group of young people were caught smoking a meth pipe in broad daylight in Kaikohe. 

Northland MP Grant McCullum says locals need something constructive to do during the day. 

"We've got to commit to helping these people get into the habit of getting out of bed in the mornings and going to work." 

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