Complex sentence: Turia was born in 1944 to an American father and Māori mother, and has roots in the Whanganui, Ngati Apa, Nga Rauru, and Tuwharetoa iwi.
Split into simpler sentences: Turia was born in 1944 to an American father and Māori mother. She has roots in the Whanganui, Ngati Apa, Nga Rauru, and Tuwharetoa iwi.