Complex sentence: Paʻao, an important figure in Hawaiian history, was a Kahuna Nui or High Priest and a master navigator; from Savaiki the largest island in the Samoan group South Pacific.
Split into simpler sentences: Paʻao, an important figure in Hawaiian history. He was a Kahuna Nui or High Priest and a master navigator; from Savaiki the largest island in the Samoan group South Pacific.