"Just because someone takes drugs it doesn't make them a lesser person."
An important part of the group would be ensuring government funding to fight meth be put in the communities that needed it most rather than into law enforcement, he said.
"We could harness [the group] as a political platform and put some political pressure to get some resources."
Too many people were being imprisoned for drug offences when education and treatment would be a far more effective way of fighting methamphetamine, Mr Taurua said.
Hastings Mongrel Mob president Rex Timu spoke to the crowd about the need for everyone in the community to get involved in fighting "P".
"Our kids are into it, I can't see it going away.
"Our whanau are doing it, our friends are doing it and it's just going to get worse."
Education in schools and kindergartens would be a good start in preventing the problem as well as utilising agencies to help with addiction treatment.
Government resources would help but they are not enough. Communities needed to take action themselves, he said.
Flaxmere councillor Henare O'Keefe said his community, like many others, already had the solution.
"There are families that are poor, impoverished and the dad is in jail but they have not resorted to meth.
"We need to be asking them why...according to statistics your children should be in trouble."
The meeting was attended by nearly 100 members of the community as well as Mana leader Hone Harawira, Labour Party MP Stuart Nash, Napier city councillor Maxine Boag and Hastings district councillor Bayden Barber.
A community panel also spoke featuring representatives from Community Action Youth and Drugs, Te Rangihaeata Oranga Trust and Nga Kairauhii Trust or 'Nannies against P'.
Local health psychologists Joseph Stone and Amber Logan gave a methamphetamine-awareness presentation.