Complex sentence: Though this was opposed by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, the Naval Defence Act of 1913 brought the division into existence, a division that was to be funded by the New Zealand government.
Split into simpler sentences: Though this was opposed by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, the Naval Defence Act of 1913 brought the division into existence. The division was to be funded by the New Zealand government.