Māori MPs have responded with disappointment to the Department of Conservation confirming it's laying charges against Ngapuhi leader Sonny Tau for alledgedly poaching an endangered speicies, the native pigeon; At least ten groups from iwi around the country have asked to join a Waitangi Tribunal claim challenging the New Zealand's involvement in the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement; A special ceremony is being held in Wellington to commemorate one-hundred years since the first Maori contingent of soldiers landed in Gallipoli to serve in the First World War.