Complex sentence: Following the influenza epidemic of 1918, she took under her wing some 100 orphans, who were the founding members of the community of Turangawaewae at Ngaruawahia.
Split into simpler sentences: Following the influenza epidemic of 1918 she took under her wing some one hundred orphans. These were the beginning of the community of Turangawaewae at Ngaruawahia.