The Freshwater Iwi Leaders Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Local Government New Zealand which it says will make local and central government more accountable to Maori; Treaty settlements in Taranaki have been described as a potential game changer in the battle to defuse a demographic time bomb ticking in the province; A military historian says Maori soldiers played an important part in the battle for Chunuk Bair at Gallipoli 100-years ago.