In "The Maori: Genealogies and Origins in New Zealand," The evidence that best helps the reader to infer that the Maori people live in a difficult climate that the motifs that is found throughout the creation myth is all about "struggle." Strength and courage are the utmost importance.
The resolution, or the moment when everything is fixed, in this story is the final sentence, when Jilly realized that she knew much more that just how to not drown the mint.