Complex sentence: Te Rauparaha, who also saw himself as the owner by right of conquest, objected strongly to the purchases and in 1842 his nephew and fellow Ngāti Toa chief Te Rangihaeata menaced surveyors and settlers as they attempted to take possession of land at Porirua.
Split into simpler sentences: Te Rauparaha, who also saw himself as the owner by right of conquest, objected strongly to the purchases. In Porirua Te Rauparaha's nephew and fellow Ngāti Toa chief Te Rangihaeata menaced surveyors and settlers as they attempted to take possession of land at Porirua.