Hundreds of Northlanders will star in a music video which forms part of an anti-meth programme being trialled in Northland.
Police and the Northland District Health Board have been granted $3 million to set up the pilot programme, called Te Ara Oranga, which aims to reduce demand for the drug methamphetamine, better known as meth or P.
The funding came from the Criminals Proceeds (Recovery) Act, which allows the courts to seize and sell property which has been paid for by crimes such as drug dealing.
As part of the programme various resources are being created for use in education and treatment, including a CD of songs called Let's Make a Change/He Waka Eke Noa and ranging from waiata and haka to rap and gospel.