In "the maori: genealogies and origins in new zealand,” which evidence best the reader infer that the maori people live in a difficult climate?

a. as tû's descendants, the maori can conquer anything.
b. as tû's descendants, the maori must attack nature.
c. since tawhiri escaped, the maori often battle the weather.
d. since tawhiri escaped, the maori regularly have to hunt for him.

The correct answer is C.

According to Maori Mythology, the children of Ranginui (the sky father) and Papatūānuku (the earth mother) wished to separate their parents so that light could come into the world. However, Tāwhirimātea, the god of wind and storms, did not agree.

When his brothers finally separated his parents, Tāwhirimātea went with his father and sought revenge. His fight with his brothers caused a great amount of natural phenomena, which, for the Maori, was the origin of the difficult climate they lived in.