Complex sentence: Between 1000 and 1500, the area belonged to a settlement of the Waitaha people, an early Māori iwi (tribe or nation); it is thought that at its peak, the settlement or pā accommodated about 800 people.
Split into simpler sentences: Between 1000 and 1500, the area belonged to a settlement of the Waitaha people, an early Māori iwi (tribe or nation). It is thought that at its peak, the settlement or pā accommodated about 800 people.