Patricia Grace

Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa, Te Āti Awa

1937 -

Patricia Grace was born in Wellington and was educated at St. Anne’s School, Newtown, St. Mary’s College, Wellington, Wellington Teachers’ College and Victoria University. Grace began writing while working as a teacher in the King Country, Northland and Porirua. She published her first short story, “The Dream”, in Te Ao Hou in 1966. In the following forty years Grace has written six novels, seven short story collections, fifteen children’s books, three collaborative non-fiction publications, two film scripts and sixty-three short stories which have been published in a wide range of anthologies and journals.

Grace’s significant contribution to contemporary New Zealand literature is underscored by the numerous awards and grants she has received. In 1974 she was the recipient of the first Māori Purposes Fund Board grant for Māori writers and she was awarded New Zealand Literary Fund grants in 1975 and 1983. Grace won the Hubert Church Prose Award for best first book in 1976 for Waiariki. In 1982 she won Children’s Picture Book of the year for The Kuia and the Spider with illustrator Robyn Kahukiwa. In 1985 Grace was awarded a writing fellowship at Victoria University, and in the following two years received recognition for her novel, Potiki, which was placed third in the Wattie Book of the Year Award and first in the New Zealand Fiction Award. In 1988 and 1992-3 Grace received Scholarships in Letters and was honoured with the Q.S.O in the 1988 Queen’s Birthday Honours. In 1989 she was awarded Doctor of Literature (Honoris Causa) by Victoria University. Grace was a recipient of the German LiBeraturpreis for Potiki in 1994, and in 2000 her novel Baby No-Eyes was short listed in the Tasmania Pacific Region Prize. Grace’s novel Dogside Story won the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize for fiction and was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2001. In the following year it was shortlisted in the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, longlisted in the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (2003), and shortlisted in the Tasmania Pacific Region Prize (2004). Her novel, Tu, won the 2005 Montana New Zealand Book Awards Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry, the Montana New Zealand Book Award first prize for fiction, and was New Zealand Booksellers’ Choice Award. In July 2005 Grace received an Icon Art Award from the New Zealand Foundation of Arts and in February 2006 she was awarded a Certificate of Honour from the Senate State of Hawaii for contributions to literature. She received the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in 2006 and in September 2007 Grace was selected by an international jury as the 2008 laureate of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. In announcing this prize, Neustadt professor Robert Con Davis-Undiano stated: “This award is landmark recognition of an indigenous writer and gives a strong sense of the direction of important literature in the 21st century.”

Grace is one of the featured writers included in the Literary Archive Project at Victoria University that is sponsored by INL and has run continuously since 1993. Her stories have been broadcast in English by Radio New Zealand, and South Pacific Television produced her story “The Dream” in Māori for Pacific Viewpoint in 1979. Her work has been translated into German, Dutch, French, Russian, Swedish, Chinese, Japanese, Finnish, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese (in progress). Her stories have been printed in numerous anthologies and journals in New Zealand and overseas.

Grace has been a featured writer and guest speaker at numerous writers’ conferences and festivals. She attended the first Pacific Writers’ Conference at the University of Papua New Guinea in 1976 and in 1977 read her work at the SPACLALS Conference at the University of Queensland. She has participated in the New Zealand Book Council’s Writers in Schools scheme and the annual Ngā Puna Waihanga hui. Since 1979 she has spoken at various New Zealand Writers’ Conferences and in 1982 took part in the Adelaide Festival Writers’ Week. In 1986 Grace participated in the “Karanga Karanga” exhibition and visited the Feminist Book Fair in Oslo, Norway. In 1987 she attended the SPACLALS Conference in Palmerston North, the World Conference of Indigenous Peoples’ Education in UBC Vancouver, and the Tasmanian Writers Conference in Hobart. In 1988 she attended the Carnivale Writers’ Festival in Sydney, toured Sydney Universities, participated in the Spoleto Festival of Arts in Melbourne and the Wellington Festival of Arts, attended the Pacific Writers’ Conference in London and toured universities in Europe. In 1990 she was a guest at the Harbourfront Readings in Toronto and the Vancouver International Writers’ Festival. In 1991 she attended the Perth Writers Festival and Writers’ Week in Dunedin.

Grace was a founding member of Te Ha – The Māori Writers Society, and was instrumental with Witi Ihimaera in launching the “On the Bus” Māori writers’ tours. Alongside her writing, Grace has had an active role tutoring at writers’ workshops and encouraging new writers. She has led workshops at Ngā Puna Waihanga Hui (1992), the Writers Workshop for Māori Women at Paraparaumu (1993), the Workshop for Māori Writers at Taputeranga Marae (1993, 1996), Workshop for Māori Writers, Te Muka (1997), and Te Ha Children’s Writing Workshop (1998). She is a member of the New Zealand Society of Authors (Pen NZ Inc.) and NZ Book Council Writers’ in Schools Scheme. She has the following qualifications: T.T.C., Diploma Teaching English Second Language (Dip Tesl) and an Honorary Doctorate from Victoria University.

"Patricia Grace was the 2014 Honoured New Zealand Writer at the Auckland Writers Festival.

Grace's latest novel Chappy - her first novel in ten years – was released in 2015. It follows the story of young man (Chappy) who ventures back to New Zealand to reconnect to his Maori culture and ancestry. From Aotearoa, Chappy becomes involved in the international affair of war, making Chappy a powerful demonstration of the ties that Maori have with the wider world. The novel was a finalist in the Fiction section of the 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.

Haka and Whiti te Rā! were published by Huia Press in September 2015. Haka is Grace's retelling of the story of the great Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha and how he came to compose the haka 'Ka Mate, Ka Mate'. It was also released in a Maori language edition, Whiti te Rā!, translated by Kawata Teepa. Both editions are illustrated by Andrew Burdan. Haka was a finalist for the Picture Book Award and Whiti te Rā! won the Te Kura Pounamu Award at the 2016 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults."



Biographical sources

  • Interview and correspondence with Patricia Grace in 1992, August 1998, 2 July 2004, 28 Feb. and 4 Dec. 2006
  • "Literary Grants." The Press 27 July 1993: 3.
  • "Grace, Patricia." http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/gracep.html 22 Oct. 2010.
  • http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/gracep.html 7 September 2016

    Biography

  • "Two Worlds." Growing up Māori. Ed. Witi Ihimaera. Auckland, N.Z.: Tandem, 1998: 47-57.

  • Children's literature

  • Kei te Retireti Au. Trans. Kerehi Waiariki. Illustrated by Kerry Gemmill.
  • "Firewood." School Journal 2.4 (1967): 15-23.
  • A story about gathering firewood.
  • "Drifting." Illus. Mary Hall. School Journal 4.2 (1980): 27-30.
  • See annotation with short story of same title.
  • The Kuia and the Spider. Illustrated by Robyn Kahukiwa. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul in association with Kidsarus 2; Auckland, N.Z.: Puffin, 1981.
  • The story of a relationship between a kuia and a spider and their competition to see who is the best weaver.
  • Te Kuia me te Pungāwerewere. Ko ngā whakaāhua nā Robyn Kahukiwa. The Kuia and the Spider. Trans. Syd Melbourne with Keri Kaa. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin; Auckland, N.Z.: Puffin in association with Kidsarus 2, 1981. An extract is rpt. in Tu Tangata 3 (1981): 35.
  • Māori translation of The Kuia and the Spider.
  • Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street. Illustrated by Robyn Kahukiwa. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1984. Rpt. in Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing for Children. Volume IV: Te Ara o Te Hau: The Path of the Wind. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing editors: Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1994. 151-153. 2nd ed. Puffin Books, 2005.
  • The adventures of the multicultural children of Champion Street when a tuna with a magic throat visits their street.
  • "Beans." Illus. Rosemary Turner. School Journal 4.2 (1984): 7-10.
  • See annotation with short story of same title.
  • Te Tuna Wātakirihi Me Ngā Tamariki O Te Tiriti O Toa. Ko ngā whakaāhua nā Robyn Kahukiwa. Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street. Trans. Hirini Melbourne. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin; Auckland, N.Z.: Puffin, 1985. Rpt. in Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing for Children. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 4: Te Ara o Te Hau: The Path of the Wind. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1994. 149-151.
  • Māori translation of Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street.
  • He Aha Te Mea Nui? Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1985.
  • Co-authors Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa.
  • Ko Au Tēnei. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1985.
  • Co-authors Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa.
  • Ahakoa He Iti. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1985.
  • Co-authors Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa.
  • Tuna o Le Kapisivai ma Tamaiti o Champion Street. Fa’aliliuina e Albert Wendt. Ata: Tusia e Robyn Kahukiwa. Auckland, N.Z.: Puffin, 1988.
  • Samoan translation of Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street.
  • "Breakfast Time." Eat it all up. Junior Journal 5 (1990): 5.
  • A child envisions oceans, islands, rivers and ponds amidst the breakfast porridge.
  • The Trolley. Illus. Kerry Gemmill. Auckland, N.Z.: Viking, 1993.
  • Tania employs creative economising in constructing a Christmas present for her children.
  • Te Toneke. Nā Patricia Grace. Ko ngā whakaāhua na Kerry Gemmill. Ko te huri ki te reo Māori nā Akuhata Tangaere. Wellington, N.Z.: Puffin, 1993.
  • Māori language edition of The Trolley. First published as a Viking hardback in 1993.
  • āreta and the Kahawai. Illus. Kerry Gemmill. Auckland, N.Z.: Puffin, 1994.
  • The story of a girl named āreta who was pulled into the sea when she was a baby by kahawai and is eventually returned to her family ten years later.
  • Ko āreta me ngā Kahawai. Nā Patricia Grace. Ko ngā whakaāhua nā Kerry Gemmill. Ko te huri ki te reo Māori nā Akuhata Tangaere. Auckland, N.Z.: Puffin, 1994.
  • Māori language edition of āreta and the Kahawai.
  • I Retireti Atu Au. Ko ngā kōrero nā Patricia Grace rāua ko Kerehi Waiariki; ko ngā pikitia nā Kerry Gemmill. Te Whanganui-a-Tara: Huia, 1996.
  • Mā Wai? Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1985. Revised ed. Nā Patricia Grace raua ko Kerehi Waiariki. Nā Brian Gunson nga pikitia. School Publications, 1998.
  • Co-authors Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa.
  • Te Kōpua Pōhatu/The Rock Pool. Illus. Gavin Bishop. ?: Pacific Foundation, 2003.
  • Co-authors Kerehi Waiariki and Patricia Grace.
  • Maraea and The Albatross. North Shore, N.Z.: Puffin, 2008.
  • Written by Patricia Grace and illus. by Brian Gunson.
  • Maraea and the albatrosses. North Shore, N.Z. : Puffin, 2008.
  • Illustrated by Brian Gunson.
  • Puffin New Zealand children's treasury. Kuia and the spider. Auckland : Puffin Creation Date: 2013

  • Fiction

  • "The Dream." Te Ao Hou 55 (1966): 14-15. Rpt. in Contemporary Māori Writing. Comp. and introduction by Margaret Orbell. Wellington, N.Z.: Reed, 1970. 122-125. Rpt. in My New Zealand: Junior. Comp. Bernard Gadd. Foreword and questions by Bernard Gadd. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1974. 9-13. Rpt. in Waiariki. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1975. 19-23. Rpt. in Readers Digest Great Stories of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney, Austral.: Reader’s Digest Services, 1980. 130-133. Rpt. in Pacific Voices: An Anthology of Māori and Pacific Writing. Comp. Bernard Gadd. Auckland, N.Z.: The Macmillan Company of New Zealand Ltd, 1989: 99-102. Rpt. in Swedish as "Dromloppet." In Mellan Tva Varldar: Prosaantologi Med Māori Forfattare. Ed. Bengt Dagrin. [Sweden]: Forfattares Bokmaskin, 1982. 70-73. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 28-32.
  • A humorous story of Raniera’s exhaustive attempts to match his dream with the names in Best Bets.
  • "Chips." Te Ao Hou 59 (1967): 12-13. Rpt. in My New Zealand: Junior. Comp. Bernard Gadd. Foreword and questions by Bernard Gadd. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1974. 48-51.
  • The inner thoughts of a young school boy as he slowly chops the household wood pile.
  • "Toki." Te Ao Hou 63 (1968): 16-17. Rpt. in Waiariki. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1975. 7-10. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 17-19.
  • The elderly narrator recounts the story of Toki who came and lived with the Ngāti Porou and constantly boasted of his great fishing prowess. This story is being translated by N.Z. Esperanto Society for their official magazine Esperanto sub la Suda Kruco. (Esperanto beneath the Southern Cross).
  • "The Race." Northland 43 (1968): 41-44.
  • As Clive and Ernie compete in a cross-country race two different value systems emerge. This story won the second prize in Northland’s Open Story Competition in 1968.
  • "Huria’s Rock." Te Ao Hou 67 (1969): 23-24. Rpt. in Waiariki. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1975. 48-50. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 55-57.
  • When the old man is left to look after his sleeping grandchild his deceased wife alerts him to imminent danger.
  • "At the River." Te Ao Hou 68 (1970): 12-14. Rpt. in Waiariki. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1975. 11-15. Rpt. in Literary Glimpses of the Commonwealth. Ed. James B. Bell. Toronto: Wiley Publishers of Canada, 1977. 316-321. Rpt. in Māori Artists of the South Pacific. Ed. Katerina Mataira. Photography by Kees Sprengers. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1981. 10,12-13. Rpt. Raglan: Ngā Puna Waihanga/New Zealand Māori Artists and Writers Soc, 1984. 10, 11-13. Rpt. in Selected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1991. 13-17. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 20-24.
  • A story about the demise of an old man and the omens foretelling his death.
  • "A Pie for Christmas." Northland 14 .4 (1971): 9-13.
  • A story of a family’s desperate bid to reach Wellington by Christmas.
  • "The Lucky One." Arena 78 (1972): 19-21.
  • A story of sibling rivalry.
  • "Conversation." Te Ao Hou 70 (1972): 20-21.
  • When a grandfather discusses his wartime experiences with his grandson they both recognise their inner conflict with fear.
  • "The Machine." The New Zealand Farmer 93.11 (1972): 88-89.
  • A story of Moira’s lonely existence in the bleak depersonalised world of the factory.
  • "A Way of Talking." Landfall 26 (1972): 152-6. Rpt. in Short Stories by New Zealanders One. Comp. and preface by Phoebe Meikle. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1973. 101-106. Rpt. in New Zealand Short Stories. Third Series. Ed. Vincent O’Sullivan. Wellington, N.Z.: Oxford UP, 1975. 185-189. Rpt. in Waiariki. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1975. 1-6. Extract rpt. in The Seventies Connection. Ed. David Hill and Elizabeth Smither. Dunedin, N.Z.: McIndoe, 1980. 68. Rpt. in Into the World of Light: An Anthology of Māori Writing. Ed. Witi Ihimaera and D. S. Long. Auckland, N.Z.: Heinemann, 1982. 198-202. Rpt. in The Oxford Book of New Zealand Writing Since 1945. Eds. MacDonald P. Jackson and Vincent O’Sullivan. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford UP, 1983. 561-563. Rpt. in Aotearoa: an Anthology of New Zealand Writing. Auckland, N.Z.: Heinemann Education and The New Zealand Association for the Teaching of English, 1988. 31-34. Rpt. in Six by Six: Short Stories by New Zealand’s Best Writers. Ed. Bill Manhire. Wellington, N.Z.: Victoria UP, 1989. 273-276. Rpt. in In Deadly Earnest: A Collection of Fiction by New Zealand Women 1870s-1980s. Comp. and introduction by Trudie McNaughton. Auckland, N.Z.: Century Hutchinson, 1989. 135-138. Rpt. in Selected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1991. 7-12. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 11-16.
  • When Rose, the "one with brains" in the family, confronts a neighbour’s racism, Hera undergoes a transformation of thinking. The story highlights various kinds of talking between Māori, Pakeha, the elderly and youth.
  • "And So I Go." Te Ao Hou 72 (1973): 21-23. Rpt. in Waiariki. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1975. 43-47. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 50-54.
  • A farewell dialogue between a young man and his whanau as he prepares to leave his small coastal community and embark on a new life.
  • "Beans." Te Ao Hou 74 (1973): 8-9. Rpt. in The Dream Sleepers. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1980. 25-27. Rpt. in Tu Tangata 2 (1981): 37-38. Rpt. in Women Writers of New Zealand 1932-1982: Jubilee History and Writings of the New Zealand Women Writers’ Society. Ed. Margaret Hayward and Joy Cowley. Wellington, N.Z.: The N.Z. Women Writers’ Society by Colonial Associates, 1982. 63-64. Rpt. in School Journal 4.2 (1984): 7-10. Rpt. in Aotearoa: An Anthology of New Zealand Writing. Auckland, N.Z.: Heinemann Education and The New Zealand Association for the Teaching of English, 1988. 25-26. Rpt. in Selected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1991. 86-88. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 118-120. Rpt. in Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing for Children. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 4: Te Ara o Te Hau: The Path of the Wind. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1994. 220-222.
  • A story of a young boy’s carefree optimism.
  • "Holiday." NZ Listener 19 March 1973: 14. Rpt. in Waiariki. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1975. 24-31. Rpt. in N.Z Listener Short Stories. Comp. Bill Manhire. Wellington, N.Z.: Methuen, 1977. 105-111. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 33-39.
  • Lynette describes idyllic holidays with her Nanny and Papa Retimana.
  • "Transition." NZ Listener 8 Jan. 1973: 15. Rpt. in Waiariki. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1975. 16-18. Rpt. in Selected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin Books, 1991. 18-20. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 25-27.
  • A story exploring the challenges facing a small extended family trying to survive on family land and an old woman’s reluctance to leave her land.
  • "Drifting." Te Ao Hou 75 (1974): 25-27. Rpt. in School Journal 4.2 (1980): 27-30. Rpt. in Selected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1991. 126-131. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 171-176.
  • The experiences of two children joining a fishing excursion.
  • "Between Earth and Sky." Islands 3.1 (1974): 11-13. Rpt. in New Zealand Short Stories. Third Series. Ed. Vincent O’Sullivan. Wellington, N.Z.: Oxford UP, 1975. 190-192. Rpt. in The Dream Sleepers. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1980. 12-16. Rpt. in The Oxford Anthology of New Zealand Writing Since 1945. Comp. MacDonald P. Jackson and Vincent O’Sullivan. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford UP, 1983. 576-578. Rpt. in Some Other Country. Ed. Marion McLeod and Bill Manhire. Wellington, N.Z.: Unwin Paperbacks and Port Nicholson Press, 1985. 171-173. Rpt. in Six by Six: Short Stories by New Zealand’s Best Writers. Ed. Bill Manhire. Wellington, N.Z.: Victoria UP, 1989. 294-296. Rpt. in A Woman’s Life. Eds. Anne Else and Heather Roberts. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1989. 171-173. Rpt. in Selected Stories. Patricia Grace. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1991. 75-78. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 107-110. Rpt. in Turning The Eye: Patricia Grace and The Short Story. Judith Dell Panny. Canterbury, N.Z.: Lincoln Univ. Press, Daphne Brawell Assoc. with Whitireia Publishing, 1997. 7-12.
  • The inner monologue of a woman in the throes of childbirth.
  • "It Used to be Green Once." Te Māori 6.7 (1974): 22-3. Rpt. in Pacific Voices: An Anthology of Writing by and about Pacific People. Ed. Bernard Gadd. Albany, N.Z.: Stockton House, 1977. 45-50. Rpt. in Dream Sleepers. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin Books, 1980. 43-49. Rpt. in Goodbye to Romance: Stories by New Zealand and Australian Women Writers 1930-1988. Ed. Elizabeth Webby and Lydia Wevers. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin in association with Port Nicholson Press, 1989. 231-236. Rpt. in Pacific Voices: An Anthology of Māori and Pacific Writing. Comp. Bernard Gadd. Auckland, N.Z.: The Macmillan Company of New Zealand, 1989: 24-29. Rpt. in Selected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1991. 89-94. Rpt. in Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing for Children. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 4: Te Ara o Te Hau: The Path of the Wind. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1994. 61-65. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 134-139. Rpt. in Homeland. Ed. Frank Stewart. Feature Ed. Reina Whaitiri and Robert Sullivan. Mānoa 9.1 Honolulu: U of Hawaii P, 1997. 174-177.
  • A humorous story about different perceptions of wealth. This story was adapted for radio by Rangi Chadwick.
  • "Mirrors." Islands 4.4 (1975): 354-8. Rpt. in Dream Sleepers. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin Books, 1980. 17-24. Rpt. in Women’s Work: Contemporary Short Stories by New Zealand Women. Ed. Marion McLeod and Lydia Wevers. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford UP, 1985. 98-103. Rpt. in Selected Stories. Patricia Grace. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1991. 79-85. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 111-117.
  • A busy mother enjoys a few moments of blissful solitude before the onslaught of her family.
  • "Smoke Rings." Thursday 14 Aug. 1975: 34-7. Rpt. in Waiariki. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1975. 76-80. Rpt. in Selected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1991. 53-57. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 80-84,
  • While the pregnant narrator toils over her house cleaning, she dreams up a scheme to obtain cigarettes.
  • "Valley." Waiariki. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1975. 51-75. Rpt. in Ten Modern New Zealand Story Writers: Longer Stories and Linked Stories. Comp. and introduction by Phoebe Meikle. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1976. 113-127. "Spring." is rpt. in Women Writers of New Zealand 1932-1982: Jubilee History and Writings of the New Zealand Women Writers’ Society. Ed. Margaret Hayward and Joy Cowley. Wellington, N.Z.: The N.Z. Women Writers’ Society by Colonial Associates, 1982. "Valley." Is rpt. in Six by Six: Short Stories by New Zealand’s Best Writers. Ed. Bill Manhire. Wellington, N.Z.: Victoria UP, 1989. 277-293. Rpt. in The Oxford Anthology of New Zealand Writing Since 1945. Selected by MacDonald P. Jackson and Vincent O’Sullivan. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford UP, 1983. 564-576. "Summer." Is rpt. in Hyacinths and Biscuits: The Diamond Jubiless Book of the Penwomen’s Club (New Zealand) Incorporated 1925 to 1985. Ed. Peggy Dunstan et al. Auckland, N.Z.: Ken Pounder, 1985. 21-26. Rpt. in Selected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1991. 31-52. 64-66. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 58-79. Rpt. in Turning the Eye: Patricia Grace and the Short Story. Judith Dell Panny. Canterbury, N.Z.: Lincoln Univ. Press, Daphne Brasell Assoc. with Whitireia Publishing, 1997. 17-41.
  • A collection of anecdotal accounts of classroom activities placed within the larger world of the local community, changing seasons, and life transitions.
  • "Waiariki." Waiariki. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1975. 32-42. Rpt. in Countless Signs: The New Zealand Landscape in Literature. Comp. Trudie McNaughton. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed Methuen, 1986. 40-46. Rpt. in Selected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1991. 21-30. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 40-49. Extract rpt. in Here on Earth: The Landscape in New Zealand. Introduction by David Eggleton. Photographs by Craig Potton. Nelson, N.Z.: Craig Potton, c1999.
  • The narrator mourns the passing of the old days and regrets that he has not passed on to his own children the treasures of the past.
  • "Parade." Waiariki. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1975. 81-89. Rpt. in Into the World of Light: An Anthology of Māori Writing. Ed. Witi Ihimaera and D. S. Long. Auckland, N.Z.: Heinemann, 1982. 202-208. Rpt. in Selected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1991. 58-66. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 85-93.
  • Matewai struggles with the crowd’s respond to the Māori performers at the town carnival.
  • Waiariki. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1975. Rpt. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1986.
  • In her first collection of short stories, Grace focuses on rural Māori communities straddling the divide between the old traditional ways and the influx of new ideas. Themes of loss and nostalgia recur in a number of the stories, as do the complexities of Māori-Pakeha interaction and racism. The collection contains a glossary of Māori words in the text.
  • "The Pictures." Koru: The New Zealand Māori Artists and Writers Annual Magazine 1 (1976). n.pag. Rpt. in The Dream Sleepers. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1980. 77-87. Rpt. in The Penguin Book of Contemporary New Zealand Short Stories. Ed. Susan Davis and Russell Haley. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1989. 33-40. Rpt. in Tabasco Sauce and Ice Cream: Stories by New Zealanders. Ed. Lydia Wevers. Auckland, N.Z.: The Macmillan Company of NZ, Ltd, 1990. 82-89. Rpt. in Selected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1991. 116-125. Rpt. In Essential New Zealand Short Stories. Comp. Owen Marshall. Auckland, N.Z.: Godwit, 2002.
  • The film showing in the small rural community becomes the social highlight for the youth of the district.
  • "Journey." Islands 6.1 (1977): 54-64. Rpt. in The Dream Sleepers. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1980. 50-66. Rpt. in New Zealand Short Stories. Ed. Lydia Wevers. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford UP, 1984. 107-118. Rpt. in Selected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1991. 95-108. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 140-153. Rpt. in Turning the Eye: Patricia Grace and the Short Story. Judith Dell Panny. Canterbury, N.Z.: Lincoln Univ. Press, Daphne Brasell Asooc. With Whitireia Publishing, 1997. 49-65.
  • A tragic story of an old man’s struggle to preserve family land from the bureaucracy of civic authorities.
  • "All Over." Koru: The New Zealand Māori Artists and Writers Annual Magazine. Ed. Haare Williams. 2 (1978): 26-27. Rpt. as "Kepa." in The Dream Sleepers and other stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1980. 69-76. Rpt. in Women’s Work: Contemporary Short Stories by New Zealand Women. Ed. Marion McLeod and Lydia Wevers. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford UP, 1985. 221-226. Rpt. in Selected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1991. 109-115.
  • A story about the return of Uncle Kepa and unfulfilled promises.
  • Mutuwhenua: the Moon Sleeps. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1978. Rpt. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1986. Rpt. London: The Women’s Press Livewire, 1988. Cambridge UP, 1991. Extract Rpt. in Rpt. in The Seventies Connection. Ed. David Hill and Elizabeth Smither. Dunedin, N.Z.: McIndoe, 1980. 153-155. Extract rpt. in Into the World of Light: An Anthology of Māori Writing. Ed. Witi Ihimaera and D. S. Long. Auckland, N.Z.: Heinemann, 1982. 208-210. Extract rpt. in A Woman’s Life. Ed. Anne Else and Heather Roberts. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1989. 123-127. Extract rpt. in My Father And Me: New Zealand Women Remember. Auckland, N.Z.: Tandem, 1992. 72-86.
  • This novel deals with the changing nature of a small rural Māori community that is slowly aging as its youth migrate to the cities. The central character, Ripeka, symbolises the plight of Māori youth who are living in the cities and are separated from their Māori roots. The story touches on issues of intermarriage, Māori spirituality and the nurturing power of the whanau.
  • "The Dream Sleepers." The Dream Sleepers and other stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1980. 3-11. All the Dangerous Animals are in Zoos: New Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1981. 114-122. Rpt. in Selected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1991. 67-74. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 99-106.
  • After the workers have set off into the workforce, the school children, the dream sleepers, meander off to school and sit through dull lessons while their minds are far away on other things. This story is about the cultural divide that alienates Māori and Polynesian children in their quest for learning.
  • "Letters from Whetu." The Dream Sleepers And Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1980. 28-42. Rpt. in New Zealand Now. Ed. Bernard Gadd. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1983. 1-16. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 121-133.
  • This story is composed of four letters written by Whetu o te Moana during the first four periods of her school day. Whetu has succeeded in the school system unlike many of her friends, and amidst the dull background patter of unimaginative teachers, Whetu relives the previous Saturday when she and her friends escaped to the coast and composed songs by the sea.
  • "Kepa." The Dream Sleepers and other stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1980. 69-76. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 154-160.
  • See annotation for "All Over." Koru: The New Zealand Māori Artists and Writers Annual Magazine. Ed. Haare Williams. 2 (1978): 26-27.
  • "Whitebait." The Dream Sleepers and other stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1980. 95-99. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 177-180.
  • This story is about children catching whitebait and koura. It is the fourth story in the five-story sequence published in part two of The Dream Sleepers which follows the childhood pursuits of a group of Māori children living in a rural setting.
  • "Kip." The Dream Sleepers and other stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1980. 100-106. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 181-186.
  • This is the final story in the five-story sequence in The Dream Sleepers. It focuses on the self-conscious teenagers who frequent the "Blue Moon" dance hall every Saturday night.
  • The Dream Sleepers and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1980. Rpt. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1986.
  • This second volume of twelve short stories by Grace is divided into two parts: the first section contains a series of lively portrayals of Māori individuals coping with issues of pregnancy, schooling and unyielding bureaucracy. The second part is a five-story sequence describing the activities of a group of Māori children growing up in an idyllic rural setting. This book contains a glossary.
  • "Waimarie." Landfall 39.4 (1985): 453-456. Rpt. in Electric City and other stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1987. 9-13. Rpt. in Six by Six: Short Stories by New Zealand’s Best Writers. Ed. Bill Manhire. Wellington, N.Z.: Victoria UP, 1989. 297-300. Rpt. in Selected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1991. 142-146. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 191-195.
  • Waimarie is confronted with her own mortality while attending a tangi and quietly makes arrangements for the care of her loved ones.
  • "Kahawai." Landfall 39.4 (1985): 449-452. Rpt. in Electric City and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1987. 77-81. Rpt. in Six by Six: Short Stories by New Zealand’s Best Writers. Ed. Bill Manhire. Wellington, N.Z.: Victoria UP, 1989. 303-306. Rpt. in Tart and Juicy: Food Stories from Australian and New Zealand Writers. Ed. Michael Gifkins. Auckland, N.Z.: Vintage and Random House, 1994. 186-190. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 244-248. Rpt. in Turning the Eye: Patricia Grace and the Short Story. Judith Dell Panny. Canterbury, N.Z.: Lincoln Univ. Press, Daphne Brasell Assoc. with Whitireia Publishing, 1997. 73-79.
  • This story describes an impromptu day of kahawai fishing and is interspersed with short poetic segments,
  • Potiki. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1986. Rpt London: The Women’s Press, 1987. Rpt. U of Hawaii P, 1995. Extract rpt. as "Toko." The Picador Book of Contemporary New Zealand Fiction. Ed. Fergus Barrowman. London: Picador an imprint of Macmillan General Books, 1996. 171-182. Extract rpt. in Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 5: Te Torino: The Spiral. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1996. 299-309.
  • Translated into Finnish, Kaantopiiri Helsinki, 1990. Translated into German, Unionsverlag, 1993. Translated into French as L’Homme-amour, Arlea, 1993. Translated into Dutch, De Geus, 1994. Translated in Spanish, Txalaparta Publications. Translation into Portugese, in progress. This novel, written in three parts and opening with a prologue, centres on the small whanau living by the beach and their struggle to maintain their land from the clutches of developers. Potiki was placed third equal in the Wattie Book of the Year Award and won the New Zealand Book Award for fiction in 1987.
  • "Geranium." Electric City and other stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1987. 15-23. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 196-205.
  • A disturbing story of a woman trapped in a violent marriage who retreats into a secret world that her husband can never touch.
  • "The Lamp." Electric City and other stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1987. 25-30. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 206-211.
  • A story exploring the mythologies and childlike faith of Jeannie and Mereana.
  • "The Wall." Electric City and other stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1987. 33-35. Rpt. in Six by Six: Short Stories by New Zealand’s Best Writers. Ed. Bill Manhire. Wellington, N.Z.: Victoria UP, 1989. 301-302. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 212-214.
  • In this story, Grace portrays the humour and light-hearted dialogue of a construction gang winning the attention of a local newspaper because of their handiwork on a stone wall.
  • "Electric City." Electric City and other stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1987. 37-39. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 215-217. Rpt. in Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 5: Te Torino: The Spiral. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1996. 281-282.
  • A bleak story of the impact of economic hardship and unpaid bills on family life.
  • "Flies." Electric City and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1987. 41-44. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 218-221. Rpt. in Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing for Children. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 4: Te Ara o Te Hau: The Path of the Wind. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1994. 271-273.
  • The children’s imagination runs wild when they begin to play games with live flies.
  • "Going for the Bread." Electric City and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1987. 47-51. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 222-226.
  • This story is set in a world far removed from the warmth of the small rural Māori communities of Grace’s earlier stories. It reveals an urban landscape unsafe for Māori children that is permeated with bullying and racial prejudice.
  • "The Urupa." Electric City and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1987. 53-58. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 227-232. Rpt. in Burning Boats: Seventeen New Zealand Short Stories. Ed. Owen Marshall. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1994. 13-19.
  • A story of children’s perceptions of death as they visit their whanau urupa and place flowers on their relatives’ graves.
  • "Butterflies." Electric City and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin Books, 1987. 61-62. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 233-234. Rpt. in Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing for Children. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 4: Te Ara o Te Hau: The Path of the Wind. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1994. 171-172. Rpt. in 100 NZ Short Stories. Ed. Graeme Lay. Birkenhead, North Shore City: Tandem, 1997. 53-54.
  • The bewildering world for a child starting school and facing different cultural values.
  • "The Hills." Electric City and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1987. 65-69. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 235-239.
  • In this story, a young man’s formerly carefree existence and love of the landscape is abruptly terminated after a brutal arrest and strip-search by the police.
  • "Fishing." Electric City and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1987. 71-74. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 240-243.
  • The rituals of an old kuia enjoying the last good day of summer.
  • "Hospital." Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1987. 83-97. Rpt. in Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 249-263.
  • As she lies in the hospital ward slowly recovering from an operation and overcome with strange visions and despondency, a woman slowly regains her will to live with the admission of another patient to the ward.
  • Electric City and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1987.
  • In this collection of thirteen short stories, there is a marked transition from the earlier stories of rural Māori life written by Grace. In Electric City and Other Stories the stories deal with the harsh realities of city life and the spectre of domestic violence, grinding poverty, racism and loss of innocence. In contrast with the unsafe world of the city, Grace highlights the nurturing centre of the rural marae.
  • "Taranga." A Woman’s Life. Eds. Anne Else and Heather Roberts. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1989. 15.
  • This extract from Wahine Toa: Women of Māori Myth, describes Taranga, the mother of Maui-potiki.
  • Selected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1991.
  • A selection of stories taken from Grace’s earlier collections.
  • Cousins. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1992. London: Women’s Press, 1992. Rpt. U of Hawaii P, 1998. Translated into German as Drei Cousinen, Unionsverlag, 1997. Extract rpt. in Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing. Volume 5: Te Tōrino: The Spiral. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing editors: Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1996. 309-321. Rpt. as [New edition] Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 2000.
  • A powerful story spanning four generations that chronicles the disparate lives of cousins Mata, Makareta and Missy during an era of great transition in Māoridom. The story is told by a number of narrators including Missie’s twin brother who was stillborn. Filmmaker Merata Mita is currently developing a film adaptation of this novel.
  • Potiki: l’homme-amour. Patricia Grace. Traduit par Hélène Devaux-Minié. [Paris]: Arléa, c1993.
  • French translation of Potiki.
  • "Sun’s Marbles." The Sky People and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 11-16. Rpt. in Turning the Eye: Patricia Grace and the Short Story. Judith Dell Panny. Canterbury, N.Z.: Lincoln Univ. Press, Daphne Brasell Assoc. with Whitireia Publishing, 1997. 97-103.
  • A lively retelling of the Māori creation story, the exploits of Maui and the separation of Rangi and Papatuanuku.
  • "Flower Girls." The Sky People and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 19-24. Rpt. in Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 5: Te Torino: The Spiral. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1996. 282-285. Rpt. in Homeland. Ed. Frank Stewart. Feature Ed. Reina Whaitiri and Robert Sullivan. Mānoa 9.1 Honolulu: U of Wawai’i P, 1997. 178-181.
  • When the "big man" dies, huge numbers attend his tangi and amidst the flow of eulogies the only discordant note is the behaviour of his five daughters who know another side of the man.
  • "Ngāti Kangaru." The Sky People and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 27-43. Rpt. in Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 5: Te Torino: The Spiral. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1996. 286-296. Rpt. in Gatherings - Volume VII. Standing Ground Strength and Solidarity Amidst Dissolving Boundaries. The En’owkin Journal of First North American Peoples. Ed. Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Jeanette Armstrong. [Penticton, Canada]: Theytus Books, 1996. Rpt. in Turning the Eye: Patricia Grace and the Short Story. Judith Dell Panny. Canterbury, N.Z.: Lincoln Univ. Press, Daphne Brasell Assoc. with Whitireia Publishing, 1997. 109-126.
  • A wonderful tale of modern-day colonisation "Wakefield style". When Billy is made redundant, he studies the history of the New Zealand Company and devises a colonising scheme in which Māori occupy waste land, draw up deeds of sale and take possession.
  • "House of the Fish." The Sky People and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 47-53.
  • A story of an old man raising a granddaughter in a house by the sea.
  • "The Sky People." The Sky People and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 65-91.
  • A surrealistic story of Nina who fluctuates between fantasy and reality.
  • "People Out Walking and Pointing." The Sky People and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 95-97.
  • A brief vision of people walking along the beach after the harshness of winter and coolness of spring are over.
  • "Boiling." .” The Sky People and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 101-108.
  • When Lizzie falls victim to an attack of boils, Aunty Connie’s remedies are no match for Charlotte’s fantastic yet successful cure.
  • "Old Ones Become Birds." The Sky People and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 111-114. Rpt. in Turning the Eye: Patricia Grace and the Short Story. Judith Dell Panny. Canterbury, N.Z.: Lincoln Univ. Press, Daphne Brasell Assoc. with Whitireia Publishing, 1997. 85-89.
  • An evocative portrayal of old people attending a hui.
  • "My Leanne." The Sky People and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 117-122.
  • When the young male narrator falls desperately in love with Leanne, the line between affection and obsession becomes increasingly blurred as he allows possessiveness and jealousy to dominate the relationship.
  • "Chocolate Cake Raffle." The Sky People and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 125-134.
  • A story of recovery from a broken relationship written from two narrative perspectives.
  • "Harp Music." ibid. 137-149. Rpt. in Mana: The Māori News Magazine for All New Zealanders 6 (1994): 86-89.
  • A perceptive account of a grandmother who forgoes her planned day of work and responds to her grandchildren’s request to see them perform at the school gala. The story is filled with Patricia Grace’s inimitable snatches of conversations, humorous exchanges with children, the meandering patter of family conversations, and vivid descriptions of second-hand junk.
  • "Chain of Events." The Sky People and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 153-154. Rpt. in 100 NZ Short Stories. Ed. Graeme Lay. Birkenhead, North Shore City: Tandem, 1997. 113-114.
  • A grim picture of institutionalised care where cost cutting measures override appropriate care.
  • "Cardigan of Roses." The Sky People and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 157-163.
  • A story of two lives entrapped by life’s tragedies.
  • "Sweet Trees." The Sky People and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994. 167-183.
  • A story of how the magical powers of the native birds brought Kata and Maneta together.
  • "A Special Stone." Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing for Children. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 4: Te Ara o Te Hau: The Path of the Wind. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1994. 176-179.
  • A story about the inner world and fears of young Tania.
  • The Sky People and Other Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994.
  • In this collection of fifteen stories, Grace writes a contemporary retelling of myths and reversals of colonisation. The stories focus on depersonalised institutions, obsessive behaviour, dysfunctional families and the role of the whanau in the 1990s. This collection has been translated into Italian by Antonella Sarti.
  • Collected Stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1994.
  • All stories from Waiariki, The Dream Sleepers and Electric City.
  • "Manners Street Blues." Crossing: New Zealand and Australian short stories. Ed. Tessa Duder and Agnes Nieuwenhuizen. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed Children’s Books, 1995. 171-177. Rpt. in Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 5: Te Torino: The Spiral. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1996. 296-299. Rpt. in Homeland. Ed. Frank Stewart. Feature Ed. Reina Whaitiri and Robert Sullivan. Mānoa 9.1 Honolulu: U of Wawai’i P, 1997. 181-184.
  • In this story, an incident of police brutality brings back memories of "The Battle of Manners Street" when fighting erupted between American servicemen and New Zealand soldiers in Wellington during the Second World War.
  • Unter Dem Manukabaum. Germany: Nagel and Kimche, 1995.
  • A book of stories for younger readers selected from short story collections and translated into German.
  • Baby No-Eyes. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1998.
  • This novel was shortlisted for Tasmania Pacific Region Literary Prize.
  • "The Day of the Egg." ibid. 57-62. Rpt. in Authors’ Choice : Leading New Zealand Writers Choose Their Bbest Stories -- and Explain Why. Ed. Owen Marshall. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 2001. 118-122.
  • A story about different responses to the care of the old and frail.
  • Dogside Story. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin Books, 2001.
  • This novel was nominated for the Booker Prize, was a finalist in the Tasmania Pacific Region Prize, and was winner of Kiriyama Pacific Rim prize for Fiction in 2001.
  • "Tommy." The Best New Zealand Fiction. Vol. 1. Ed. Fiona Kidman. Auckland, N.Z.: Vintage, 2004. 68-74.
  • "Eben." The Best New Zealand Fiction. Vol. 1. Ed. Fiona Kidman. Auckland, N.Z.: Vintage, 2004. 39-58.
  • "Until We Meet Again." The Best New Zealand Fiction. Vol. 1. Ed. Fiona Kidman. Auckland, N.Z.: Vintage, 2004. 59-63.
  • Tu. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 2004.
  • National Radio serialisation began 10.45am Monday 18 April 2005.
  • "Busy Lines." Small Holes in the Silence. Auckland: Penguin, 2006: 7-14.
  • "Side Street." Small Holes in the Silence. Auckland: Penguin, 2006: 15-17.
  • "Stepping Out." Small Holes in the Silence. Auckland: Penguin, 2006. 19-27.
  • "Doll Woman." Small Holes in the Silence. Auckland: Penguin, 2006: 29-33.
  • "Toasted Sandwich." Small Holes in the Silence. Auckland: Penguin, 2006: 35-37.
  • "Stranger Danger." Small Holes in the Silence. Auckland: Penguin, 2006: 87-89.
  • "The Kiss." Small Holes in the Silence. Auckland: Penguin, 2006. 91-103. Rpt. in HIWA: Contemporary Māori Short Stories. Edited by Paula Morris, Consulting Editor: Darryn Joseph. Auckland, NZ: Auckland University Press, 2023. 49-55.
  • "Curlytop and Ponytail." Small Holes in the Silence. Auckland: Penguin, 2006: 105-110.
  • "Moonstory." .” Small Holes in the Silence. Auckland: Penguin, 2006: 111-118.
  • "Headlights." Small Holes in the Silence. Auckland: Penguin, 2006: 119-126.
  • "To Russia With Love." .” Small Holes in the Silence. Auckland: Penguin, 2006: 127-137.
  • "Four Corners." Small Holes in the Silence. Auckland: Penguin, 2006: 139-142.
  • "Wendel." Small Holes in the Silence. Auckland: Penguin, 2006: 143-154.
  • "Stealing Mark." Small Holes in the Silence. Auckland: Penguin, 2006. 155-165.
  • "Tommy." Small Holes in the Silence. Auckland: Penguin, 2006: 167-178.
  • "Manners Street Blues." Small Holes in the Silence. Auckland: Penguin, 2006: 179-183.
  • "Flash Story." Small Holes in the Silence. Auckland: Penguin, 2006: 185-192.
  • "Pa Wars." Small Holes in the Silence. Auckland: Penguin, 2006. 193-214.
  • Small Holes in the Silence. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 2006.
  • "Love Story." The Best New Zealand Fiction. Vol. 1. Ed. Fiona Kidman. Auckland, N.Z.: Vintage, 2004. 65-85. Rpt. in Get On The Waka: Best Recent Māori Fiction. Ed. with and intro. By Witi Ihimaera. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed Book, 2007. 64-78.
  • Chappy. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin Books, 2015.
  • Stories on the four winds = Ngā hau e whā. Ed. Brian Bargh and Robyn Bargh. Wellington, N.Z. : Huia Publishers, 2016.

  • Films/Video

  • "Journey." No further details.
  • A film of Grace’s short story "Journey".
  • Ruia Taitea: The World is Where We Are: A Documentary on Patricia Grace. TVNZ. Prod. Nautilas Productions. Wellington, N.Z.: Ministry of Education, Learning Media, 1990.
  • Television documentary on the life and writing of Patricia Grace screened on 7 July 1991 on TV One.

    • Music

  • "Whisper to Me." Pacific Lullabies. David Hamilton; text by Patricia Grace. Auckland, N.Z.: D. Hamilton, c2003.
  • 1 score - 32 p. For chorus (SSA), 2 solo violins, percussion and string orchestra. English and Māori text.

    • Non-fiction

  • "The Māori in Literature." Tihe Mauriora: Aspects of Māoritanga. Ed. Michael King. Wellington, N.Z.: Methuen, 1978. 80-83
  • In this essay Grace discusses the importance of Māori writing about Māori issues "in order that old stereotypes may be broken down, and in order that a Māori standpoint can be taken." She challenges the superficial and derogatory portrayals of the Māori in much Pakeha fiction and asserts the need for Māori writers to write about the reality of Māori existence in all its various permutations, so that Māori can see themselves in literature and so that Pakeha can learn about Māoridom from Māori.
  • "Kerehi Waiariki." Mana: the Māori news magazine for all New Zealanders (Jun/Jul 2013): 12-15.
  • Whiti te rā! Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa : Huia, 2015

  • Other

  • Wahine Toa: Women of Māori Myth. Paintings and drawings by Robyn Kahukiwa. Auckland, N.Z.: Viking Pacific, 1984. Extracts rpt. in Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 5: Te Torino: The Spiral. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1996. 278-281. Rpt. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 2000.
  • This publication followed Robyn Kahukiwa’s exhibition, Wahine Toa that toured New Zealand in the early 1980s. Alongside Kahukiwa’s paintings and drawings, Grace provides narratives of the eight women of strength embodied in early Māori mythology: Te Po, Papatuanuku, Hine-ahu-one, Hine-titama, Taranga, Mahuika, Muriranga-whenua, and Hine-nui-te-Po.
  • Peters, Robin. "Tika, Pono & Aroha in Three Novels by Patricia Grace."
  • M.A. Diss. Massey U, 2000.
  • The Silent Migration: Ngāti Pōneke Young Māori Club 1937-1948: Stories of Urban Migration. Agnes Broughton [et al.], told to Patricia Grace, Irihapeti Ramsden and Jonathan Dennis. Wellington, N.Z.: Huia, 2001.
  • Earth, Sea, Sky: Images and Māori Proverbs from the Natural World of Aotearoa New Zealand. Wellington, N.Z.: Huia and Craig Potton, 2003.
  • Co-authors Patricia and Waiariki Grace. Photographs by Craig Potton.
  • Tu. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 2004.
  • Ned and Katina: A True Love Story. North Shore, N.Z.: Penguin, 2009.
  • Haka. Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand : Huia, 2015.
  • Illustrated by Burdan Andrew
  • Bird Child & Other Stories. New Zealand: Penguin New Zealand, 2024.

  • Performing Arts

  • Te Moemoe aa.
  • "It Used to be Green Once." Adapted by Te Ohu Whakaari. Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing for Children. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 4: Te Ara o Te Hau: The Path of the Wind. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1994. 65-68.
  • An adaptation by Te Ohu Whakaari of Grace’s short story with the same title.

    • Reviews

  • Rev. of Māori Mothers and Pre-school Education, by Geraldine McDonald. Listener 24 Sept. 1973: 53.
  • Rev. of Multicultural School, nos. 1 & 2. English New Zealand: July 1976: 40.
  • Middleton, Stuart. Rev. of "Ruia Taitea - The World is Where We Are" in English in Aotearoa 13 (1990): 73-74.
  • "Fiction." New and Notable: Books for the Secondary School Library 8.3 (1991): 5-7.
  • Teresa, Isabelle. Canta 61.14 (1991): 12.
  • Swain, Pauline. "Patricia Grace film on TV." Dominion 6 Jul. 1991: 8.

  • Sound recordings

  • "Cousins." Adapted by Rangi Chadwick. No further details.
  • "Baby No-Eyes." Radio New Zealand. No further details.
  • "Potiki." Adapted by Patricia Grace. Wellington, N.Z.: Radio New Zealand, Replay Radio, 1988.
  • A dramatised reading of Potiki, produced by Jacqui Dunn, music by Sidney Melbourne, narration by Erihapeti Murchie and the part of Roimata played by Huihana Rewa.
  • "Going for the Bread. Butterflies, The Lamp: An Interview with Patricia Grace." Wellington, N.Z.: Ministry of Education, Learning Media, 1990.
  • An audio cassette recording of an interview with Patricia Grace and three stories from Electric City And Other Stories.

    • Visual Arts

  • He Kawenga: A Collection of Art Works from Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa. [Ed. Heni Jacob and Patricia Grace]. Ōtaki, N.Z.: Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa, 2001.
  • Editors Hēni Jacob and Patricia Grace. Catalogue for He kawenga exhibition held at Pātaka Porirua Museum of Arts and Cultures from 24 June - 12 July 2000.

    Other

  • Bader, Eleanor J. "Ridiculous Things in Pakeha Kitchens." Belles Lettres: A Review of Books by Women 3.6 (1988):7.
  • Bardolph, Jacqueline. "A Way of Talking: A Way of Seeing: The Short Stories of Patricia Grace." Commonwealth Essays and Studies 12.2 (1990): 29-39.
  • Batchelor, Julienne. "Into the Time of Remembering." M.A. Diss. U of Auckland, July 1989.
  • Bates, Courtney. "Taki Toru: Theme, Myth and Symbol in Patricia Grace’s Cousins." MA Diss, U Auckland, 1993.
  • Beston, J.B. "The Fiction of Patricia Grace." Ariel 15.2 (1984): 42-53.
  • Clarke, Anne-Marie. "An Interview with Patricia Grace." JAAM: Just Another Art Movement 12 (1999): 45-48.
  • Cox, Nigel. "Living in Both Worlds." Quote Unquote: New Zealand’s Guide to Books and Other Pleasures 12 (1994): 9.
  • Daley, Gail. "Patricia Grace." Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services 3.2 (1990): 103-104.
  • DeLoughrey, Liz; Sue Hall. "Beginning from a Centre." New Zealand Books 9.1 (1999): 13-14.
  • Drichel, Simone. "(Un)saying the Said: Negotiating Postcolonial Theories of Otherness." PhD Diss. Victoria U, 2004,
  • Dunkle, Margaret. "Patricia Grace." The Story Makers. Melbourne: Oxford UP, 1987.
  • Durix, Jean-Pierre. "The Modernity of Maori Tradition: Patricia Grace’s Potiki." Union in Partition: Essays in Honour of Jeanne Delbaere. Ed. Gilbert Debusscher. Liege, Belgium : L3: Liege Language and Literature, 1997.
  • Durix, Jean-Pierre. "The Breath of Life/Stories: Patricia Grace’s Potiki." The Contact and the Culmination. Ed. Marc Delrez. Liege: L3: Liege Language and Literature, 1997. 281-292.
  • Fitzgibbon, Tom and Barbara Spiers. "Grace, Patricia." Beneath Southern Skies: New Zealand Children’s Book Authors and Editors. Auckland, N.Z.: Ashton Scholastic, 1993. 76-77.
  • Guerin, Louise. "A Teller of Tales." Listener 15 Mar. 1986: 20-21.
  • Hereniko, Vilsoni. "An Interview with Patricia Grace." Contemporary Pacific: a Journal of Island Affairs 10.1 (1998): 154-163.
  • "He Aha Te Mea Nui?", "Ahakoa He Iti", "Ko Au Tenei", "Ma Wai E Whangai Nga Manuhiri?" Tu Tangata 27 (1985/86): 47-48.
  • Hollis, Ray. "Drama in Story Telling." English in Aotearoa 9 (1989): 25-26.
  • Suggestions on how to dramatise Grace’s short story "It Used to be Green Once."
  • Hughes, Shaun R. "Pakeha and Māori behind the Tattooed Face: The Emergence of a Polynesian Voice in New Zealand Fiction." Modern Fiction Studies 27.1 (1981): 13-29.
  • "Interview with Patricia Grace." JAAM: Just Another Art Movement 12 (1999): 45-48.
  • Kaa, K. "Patricia Grace: Sspects of her Stories in Waiariki and The Dream Sleepers." Spiral 5 (1982): 3-6.
  • Kedgley, Sue. "Patricia Grace." Our Own Country. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, 1989. 47-69.
  • Keown, Michelle. "The Great Head of the Ancestor: The Whare Whakairo as a Symbol of Māori Cultural Identity." Span 47 (1998): 39-56.
  • Koster, Elizabeth. "Oral and Literary Patterns in the Novels of Patricia Grace." Australian and New Zealand Studies in Canada 10 (1993): 87-105.
  • Lee, Jenny. "Notes on Patricia Grace’s Potiki." [Christchurch, N.Z.]: Kaiako Publications, 1990.
  • McGill, David. "Unassuming Grace." Listener 11 Oct. 1975: 21.
  • McRae, Jane. "Patricia Grace and Complete Communication." Opening the Book: New Essays on New Zealand Writing. Ed. Mark Williams and Michele Leggott. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland UP, 1995. 188-208.
  • Manchester, Judith, Anne O’Rourke. "Patricia Grace." Liberating Learning: Women as Facilitators of Learning. Wellington, N.Z.: J. Manchester, A O’Rourke. 1993. 37-39.
  • Metge, Joan. "Literature and Art." The Māoris of New Zealand Rautahi. 2nd ed. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1976: 266-273.
  • New, W.H. "Saying Speech: Frank Sargeson’s ‘Conversation with My Uncle’ and Patricia Grace’s ‘A Way of Talking’". Dreams of Speech and Violence: The Art of the Short Story in Canada and New Zealand. Toronto: Buffalo: U of Toronto P, 1987. 221-228.
  • Nicol, Ruth. "Outlook: NZ Writers." Dominion 9 March 1993: 16.
  • Nunns, Rachel. "Doing Her Job: Patricia Grace’s Fiction." Islands 26.4 (1979): 416-421.
  • O’Brien, Greg. "Patricia Grace: From the Centre." Moments of Invention: Portraits of 21 New Zealand Writers. Auckland, N.Z.: Heinemann Reed, 1988. 106-111.
  • Panny, Judith Dell. Turning the Eye: Patricia Grace and the Short Story. [Christchurch, N.Z.]: Lincoln UP, 1997.
  • Panny, Judith Dell. The Culture Within: Essays on Ihimaera, Grace, Hulme and Tuwhare. Ashhurst, N.Z.: Ernst Press, 1998.
  • "Patricia Grace." Contemporary Literary Criticism 56 (1989): 110-123.
  • A collection of articles on Grace by Norman Simms, Pat Evans, Peter Alcock, David Norton, John B. Beston, and Bill Pearson.
  • "Patricia Grace." New Zealand Official Yearbook 1993. 244.
  • Pearson, Bill. "Witi Ihimaera and Patricia Grace." Critical Essays on the New Zealand Short Story. Ed. Cherry Hankin. Auckland, N.Z.: Heinemann, 1982. 166-184.
  • Pistacchi, Ann. "Te Whare Tapa Wha: The Four Cornerstones of Māori Health and Patricia Grace’s ‘Dogside Story’." JNZL: Jounral of New Zealand Literature 26 (2008): 136-152.
  • Robinson, Roger. ‘"The Strands of Life and Self’: The Oral Prose of Patricia Grace.’ CRNLE Reviews Journal 1 (1993): 13-27.
  • Saker, Nicola. "Patricia Grace." Wellington, N.Z. City Magazine Oct. 1986: 24-31.
  • Simms, Norman. "A Māori literature in English. Part 1: Prose Fiction - Patricia Grace." Pacific Moana Quarterly 3.2 (1978): 186-199.
  • Sinclair, Karen. "Māori Literature: Protest and Affirmation." Pacific Studies 15.4 (1992): 283-309.
  • Tausky, Thomas E. "‘Stories That Show Them Who They Are’: An Interview with Patricia Grace." Australian and New Zealand Studies in Canada. (ANZSC) 6 (1991): 90-102.
  • Vincent, R. "Following Intuition." NZ Women’s Weekly 28 Apr. 1986: 22.
  • Vonhoff, Katrin. "Tradition and Change." U of Osnabruck,1993. No further details.
  • Watego, Cliff. "Cultural Adaptation in the South Pacific Novel." World Literature Written in English 23.2 (1984): 488-496.
  • Wevers, Lydia. "Short fiction by Māori Writers." Commonwealth: Essays and Studies 16.2 (1994): 26-33.
  • Woodhouse, Susan. "A Family Affair." Thursday 13 Jun. 1975.
  • "20 Artists." Broadsheet 22 (1974): 21.
  • Erai, Michelle, Fuli, Everdina, Irwin, Kathie and Wilcox, Lenaire. Māori Women: An Annotated Bibliography. [Wellington, N.Z.]: Michelle Erai, Everdina Fuli, Kathie Irwin and Lenaire Wilcox, 1991. 7, 9.
  • Major ref. is p.9.
  • McNaughton, Trudie. "Biographical Notes and Selected Bibliography." Countless Signs: The New Zealand Landscape in Literature. Comp. Trudie McNaughton. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed Methuen, 1986. 366.
  • Pearson, Bill. Bibliography. "Witi Ihimaera and Patricia Grace." Critical Essays on the New Zealand Short Story. Ed. Cherry Hankin. Auckland, N.Z., 1982. 183.
  • Thomson, John. Bibliography. The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature in English. Ed. Terry Sturm. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1991. 665-666.

  • Reviews

  • Hurley, Jane. "This Week: Another View of the World." Listener 17 Sept. 1988: 7.
  • Baby no-eyes
  • A’Court, Michele and Keith, Hamish. "Lyrical Story Makes You Grin and Lets You Cry." New Zealand Herald 24 Oct 1998: H5.
  • Reviews of Baby no-eyes, by Patricia Grace; Garth Tapper, New Zealand painter, by William P Tapper and Elva Bett.
  • Dixon, Ian. "Weekend Books." Press 2 Jan 1999: 20.
  • Eggleton, David. "A Child Reclaimed." Listener 28 Nov. 1998: 40.
  • Goodger, Gail and Crowl, Mike. "Books." Otago Daily Times 24 Oct. 1998: 81.
  • Reviews of Night Swimming, by Emma Neale; and Baby No-eyes, by Patricia Grace.
  • Hewiltson, Michele. "From a Small Idea." New Zealand Herald 12 Sept. 1998: H6.
  • Lay, Graeme. "Books." North and South 153 (1998): 110-112.
  • McLean, James et al. "Books." Evening Post 18 Sept. 1998: 5.
  • Vere-Jones, Peter and Swain, Pauline. "Books." Dominion 19 Sept. 1998: 20.
  • Reviews of Bums on seats, by Roger Hall; and Baby No-eyes, by Patricia Grace.
  • Wattie, Nelson. "Subtle Use of Myth." New Zealand Books 9.1 (1999): 14-15.
  • Whaitiri, Reina. "Book reviews." Contemporary Pacific: A Journal of Island Affairs 12.2 (2000): 554-556.
  • Bird Child & Other Stories
  • Kake, Jade. "Beautiful new colletion from Grace." in Book Review: Celebrating Kiwi Books. Rev. of Bird Child & Other Stories. Noorthern Outlook 6 March, 2024: 14.
  • This review was first published in ketebooks.co.nz.
    • Collected Stories
  • Crayford, Elizabeth. "By Grace, Into the World of Light." Dominion 24 Dec. 1994: 12.
  • Gordon, Ian. "Nostalgic Touch." New Zealand Herald 17 Dec. 1994: 6.
  • Morrissey, Michael, Te Maire Tau, Cliff Taylor. "Books." Sunday Star Times 1 Jan 1995: D4.
  • Reviews of Collected Stories, by Patricia Grace; The Turbulent Years: Nga Tangata Taumata Rau 1870-1900; Sandspit crossing, by Noel Virtue.
  • Wilson, Dave et al. "Weekend Books." The Press 18 Feb. 1995: Sup 10.
  • Cousins
  • Adeane, Jean. "An Engrossing Story of Three Cousins." The Dominion Sunday Times 2 Aug. 1992: 22.
  • Bryant, Rick. "Books." New Zealand Listener 23 Dec. 1995: 106.
  • Caffin, Elizabeth. "Jane Austen’s Unlikely Sister." New Zealand Books 2.3 (1992): 4-5.
  • Cooper, Ronda. "Books." Metro Feb 1993: 128-130.
  • Defyd, William et al. "Weekend Books." The Press 12 Sept. 1992: Sup. 10.
  • Dominy, Michele D et al. "Reviews." Landfall 45.3 (1991): 363-384.
  • Finlay, Rob et al. "Fiction." New and Notable: Books for the Secondary School Library 9.4 (1992): 1-4,7.
  • Hall, Bernadette and Siers, Judy. "Books." Dominion 8 Aug. 1992: 11.
  • Lay, Graeme. "Books." North and South Nov. 1992: 118-120.
  • Leigh, Jack, Gilderdale, Betty and Carroll, Penelope. "Weekend Books." New Zealand Herald 5 Sept. 1992: 6.
  • Loates, Lynne. "Books." More Sept. 1992: 138.
  • McCauley, Sue. "Cousins." University Review 1.6 (1992): 5.
  • McEldowney, W. J. and Gavin McLean. "Books." Otago Daily Times 12 Sept. 1992: 23.
  • McLeod, Marion. "Different Lives." Listener & TV Times 22 Aug. 1992: 45-47.
  • Mahy, Margaret, Macdonald, Charlotte and Johnston, Andrew. "Books." Evening Post 31 July 1992: 7.
  • "Māori Women Confront Past and Present." The Press 8 Sept. 1992: 14.
  • Menzies, Trixie Te Arama. "Another Curve of the Spiral." PRINTOUT: Literature and Arts Magazine 4 (1993): 56-57.
  • Oxenham, Stephen. "World Literature in Review: New Zealand." World Literature Today 68.4 (1994): 891.
  • Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia. "Books." Listener 5 Sept. 1992: 51-52.
  • Dogside story
  • Barnett, Nick. "Secrets and Ties." Dominion 19 May 2001: Sup. 11.
  • "Best of Books & Music." North and South 183 (2001): 98-99.
  • "Books." Evening Post 11 May 2001: 5.
  • "Books." New Internationalist 340 (2001): 33.
  • "Books." Otago Daily Times 25 Aug. 2001: Sup.5.
  • "Books." Metro 240 (2001): 104.
  • Drichel, Simone. "Tough Grace." New Zealand Books 11.4 (2001): 4-5.
  • Little, Jennifer. "Will Grace Travel?" Courier Mail (Brisbane) 8 Sep. 2001.
  • Morey, Kellyana. "Warm Spuds and Gravy." Listener 7 July 2001: 60-61.
  • Sharp, Iain. "A Feast of Fiction." Sunday Star Times 29 Apr. 2001: F 2.
  • Shiels, Rosa. "Faith in Writing." Press 12 May 2001: Sup. 21.
  • Thomas, Christine. "Whanau and Pakeha." TLS 5141 (2001): 21.
  • "Weekend books." New Zealand Herald 19 May 2001: E 6.
  • "Weekend books." Press 13 Sept. 2000: Sup. 38.
  • Electric City
  • "Book World." The Washington Post 12 Jun. 1988: 16.
  • De Goldi, Kathleen. "Reviews." Untold 8 (1987): 52-55.
  • French, Anne. "Darker Waters." Listener 5 Sep. 1987: 63.
  • King, Michael. "Metro Books: Huffing and Puffing." Metro 7.77 (1987): 342-245.
  • Publishers’ Weekly 25 Mar. 1988: 60.
  • He aha te mea nui/Ma wai/Ko au tenei/Ahakoa he iti
  • Tu Tangata 27 (1985/86): 47.
  • Mutuwhenua, the moon sleeps
  • Alcock, P. Comment 5 N, 1978: 32-4.
  • Alcock, P. World Literature Written in English 18.2 (1979): 390-393.
  • Anderson, Lauri. "Māoriness and the Clash of Cultures in Patricia Grace’s Mutuwhenua." World Literature Written in English 26 .1 (1986): 188-190.
  • Evans, P. Landfall 32 (1978): 372-5.
  • Mahy, Bridget. "Books." Pavement 12 (1995): 68.
  • McGaw, William. "Another Foothold: Exile and Return in Patricia Grace’s Mutuwhenua." Australian and New Zealand Studies in Canada (ANZSC) 6 (1991): 103-111.
  • Roundtree, Kathryn and Mark Williams. "No Simple Things." Listener Sept. 1986: 86. No further details.
  • Review of Waiariki, The Dream Sleepers and Mutuwhenua.
  • Smyth, Bernard. "Alone in the Big, Arid City." Press 9 Sept. 1995: Sup.10.
  • Tiffin, Chris. "Māori Fiction: Two New Directions." Span 8 (1979): 55-58.
  • Wellington, N.Z. City Magazine Nov. 1986: 86.
  • Potiki
  • Batchelor, Julienne. "Into the Time of Remembering: A Study of Patricia Grace’s Potiki." MA Diss. U of Auckland, 1989.
  • Beston, John. Landfall 160 40 (1986): 501-502.
  • Blank, Arapera. "Last and Best." Listener 15 Mar. 1986: 31.
  • Clad, M. Wellington, N.Z. City Magazine June 1986: 71.
  • Dickson, Rayna. Occupation: Journal of the Otago Polytechnic Department of Occupational Therapy 3.1 (1995): 64-65.
  • Gifkins, Michael. "Il mondo della luce." Listener 6 Nov. 1989: 127.
  • "Grace’s Potiki a Winner." Dominion 10 July 1987. No further details.
  • Howard-Smith, Lisa. "Stories And Art Attacks." Broadsheet 206 (1995): 65.
  • Jones, Michael Owen. Los Angeles Times Book Review 14 Dec. 1986: 1, 6.
  • King, M. "From Patricia Grace, A Minor Masterpiece." Metro 6.59 (1986): 166.
  • Lee, Jenny. Notes on Patricia Grace’s ‘Potiki’. [Christchurch, N.Z.]: Kaiako Publications, 1990.
  • Mountjoy, Lora. "Marae By The Sea." Listener 12 Mar. 1988: 84.
  • Reviews the radio broadcast of Potiki.
  • North and South May 1986: 114-15.
  • Page, H. More 34 Apr. 1986: 149-51.
  • Publishers Weekly 29 Aug. 1986: 390.
  • Prentice, Christine. "Storytelling in Alice Munro’s Lives of Girls and Women and Patricia Grace’s Potiki." Australian Canadian Studies: A Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences 8.2 (1991): 27-40.
  • Robinson, Roger. "Potiki." The New Zealand Collection: A Celebration of the New Zealand Novel. Ed. Kevin Ireland. Auckland, N.Z., 1989. 148-49.
  • Simson, Maria. "Forecasts: Paperbacks." Publishers Weekly 242.17 (1995): 68.
  • Tamihana, Shirley. Broadsheet 141 (1986): 44.
  • Tu Tangata 30 (1986): 59.
  • Selected Stories
  • Arnold, Sandra. "Patricia Grace’s Stories." The Press 29 June 1991: 27.
  • Arvidson, Ken. "Creative Use of Language." New Zealand Books 1.3 (1991): 6.
  • Courtney, Helen. Broadsheet 186 (1991): 44. Rpt. in Broadsheet: Twenty Years of Broadsheet Magazine. Comp. and introduction by Pat Rosier. Auckland, N.Z.: New Women’s Press, 1992. 303.
  • "Fiction." New and Notable: Books for the Secondary School Library 8.3 (1991): 5-7.
  • Hall, Mary, Mowbray, Trevor, and Foote, Jan. "Fiction." Infochoice: A Buying Guide for Secondary School Libraries 10 (1991): 1-2.
  • Jones, Lawrence. "When Good Writing Eclipses Categories." Evening Post 5 Apr. 1991: 9.
  • Lay, Graeme. "Books." North and South June 1991: 121-124.
  • MacDonald, Reihana. "Books." Listener 3 June 1991: 61.
  • McRae, Jane. Landfall 179 45.3 (1991): 375-377.
  • Mason, Andrew. "Stories that Speak for Themselves." Dominion Sunday Times 31 Mar. 1991: 22.
  • Small Holes in the Silence
  • "Small Holes in The Silence." Tu Mai 81 (Nov. 2006): 5.
  • The Kuia and the Spider/ Te Kuia me te Pungawerewere.
  • Dewes, C. and H. Hohepa. Listener 24 Mar. 1984: 100-101.
  • Greer, Margaret. "Other Books: Other Languages." Little Treasures 8 (1988): 56-57.
  • Hulme, K. Spiral 5 1982: 11.
  • Lowry, Vanya. Broadsheet 103 (1982): 45.
  • "Māori Picture Book A First." Tu Tangata 3 (1981): 35.
  • White, D.N. Listener 26 Feb. 1983: 92.
  • Yearbook Children’s Literature Association 1982: 28-29.
  • The Silent migration
  • McCrystal, John; Karl Du Fresne. "Books." Evening Post 21 Dec. 2001. 11.
  • Reviews of The Logans: New Zealand’s Greatest Boatbuilding Family, by Robin Elliott and Harold Kidd; Taste of the Earth, by Keith Stewart and Kevin Judd; The Silent Migration, by Patricia Grace, Irihapeti Ramsden and Jonathan Dennis.
  • Rabbit, Lindsay. "They Came to the City." Listener 10 Nov. 2001: 58-59.
  • Reid, Nicholas. "Māori Club Tales Tunny and Painful." Dominion 29 Dec. 2001: Sup 7.
  • The Sky People and Other Stories
  • "Books." Evening Post 26 Feb. 1994: 5.
  • "Books." Otago Daily Times 22 Mar. 1994: 22.
  • "Books." Dominion 19 Mar. 1994: 22.
  • Cooper, Ronda. "Books." Metro 154 (1994): 123-126.
  • French, Anne. "Confidence and Cheek." Listener 2 Apr. 1994: 51-52.
  • Goslyn, Annie and Rachel Cooper. "Patricia Grace on Politics and People." Broadsheet 202 (1994): 54-55.
  • Keith, Sheridan. "Stories from Author with Goddess Talents." Sunday Star Times 13 Mar. 1994: D:6.
  • Knight, Joanne. "Reach for ‘The Sky People." GP Weekly 1 June 1994: 39,41.
  • Lay, Graeme. North and South May 1994: 124-126.
  • Meikle, Phoebe. Landfall 188 New Series 2.2 (1994): 308-310.
  • New Zealand Doctor 9 June 1994: 49.
  • Nichol, Ruth. "Flying High." Quote Unquote: New Zealand’s Guide to Books and Other Pleasures 11 (1994): 37-38.
  • Robyns, Sian. "Grace and Favourites." Sunday Times 6 Mar. 1994: 20.
  • "Weekend books." New Zealand Herald 5 Mar. 1994: 6.
  • "Weekend books." The Press 5 Mar. 1994: Sup 10.
  • Wevers, Lydia. "Rich and Disturbing Detail." New Zealand Books 3.4 (1994): 1,3-4.
  • The Trolley/ Te Toneke
  • Noble, Jo. "Home-Grown Collection of New Ttitles." Sunday Times 19 Sept. 1993: 24.
  • Winkler, Bev. "Beginning Readers." Magpies 9.5 (1994): 25.
  • The dream sleepers and other stories
  • Beston, John B. World Literature Written in English 21.3 (1982): 667-670.
  • King, M. Auckland, N.Z. Metro October 1986: 211.
  • Long, D. S. "Two Bright Moments in a Difficult Autumn." Rev. of The Dream Sleepers And Other Stories, by Patricia Grace and Karanga, by Haare Williams with illustrations by Rei Hamon. Tu Tangata 2 (1981): 38-39.
  • Norton, David. Landfall 35 (1981): 330-332.
  • Roundtree, K. and Williams, M. Listener 6 Sept. 1986: 86.
  • Wedde, I. Wellington, N.Z. City Magazine Nov. 1986: 86.
  • Else, Anne. "Gracing Our Shelves." Broadsheet 85 (1980): 37-38.
  • Tu
  • Anderson, Molly, Young, Kathy and Crowl, Mike. "Books." Otago Daily Times 30 Oct. 2004: Sup 6.
  • Reviews of Fifty days, by Sarah Quigley; and Grace is Gone, by Kelly Ana Morey; and Tu, by Patricia Grace.
  • Eggleton, David and Hill, David. "Disappearing into Gunsmoke." Listener 13 Nov. 2004: 42.
  • Reviews of Baby No-eyes, by Patricia Grace; Selected Stories, by Maurice Shadbolt; Cries Unheard: The Story of Mary Bell, by Gitta Sereny; and My Years of Meat, by Ruth L. Ozeti.
  • Else, Chris. "For God, King and Country." New Zealand Books 14.5(2004): 5.
  • Jacobs, Susan; Gordon McLauchlan. "Books." New Zealand Herald 30 Oct. 2004: Sup 32.
  • Reviews of Tu, by Patricia Grace, and Butler’s Ringlet, by Laurence Fearnley.
  • McCrystal, John. "Grace and Favour." Dominion Post 18 Sept. 2004: E.10.
  • Morris, Paula; Kim Griggs. "Books." Dominion Post 6 Nov. 2004: E: 10.
  • Reviews of Tu, by Patricia Grace; The Wide White Page: Writers Imagine Antarctica, Ed. Bill Manhire.
  • Roger, Warwick. "The Best of New Zealand Books." North and South 224 (2004): 105-108.
  • Sharp, Iain. "Brother in Arms." Sunday Star Times 24 Oct. 2004: C7.
  • Shields, Rosa and Luke, Peter. "Skilful Tale of Family Pathos; Fendalton’s Liberal Pragmatist." Press 6 Nov 2004: D15.
  • Reviews of Tu, by Patricia Grace, and Burdon: A Man of Our Time, by Edmund Bohan.
  • "Tu." Listener 18 Dec. 2004: 36.
  • Walsh, John. "Books." Metro 281 (2004): 116-117.
  • White, Margo & Nicola Legat. "Tu." Metro 281 (2004): 117.
  • Wahine Toa: Women of Māori Myth
  • Agnew, Margaret. "Mighty Women." Press 13 Sep 2000: 38.
  • Evans, M. & I. Ramsden. "Te Mana Wahine." Listener 30 Jun. 1984: 68.
  • Evans, R. Broadsheet 120 (1984): 42.
  • Gordon, D. NZ Woman’s Weekly 28 May 1984: 166.
  • Hulme, Keri. "Legends Brought to Life." Evening Post 3 May 1991: 7.
  • MacDonald, Reihana. Listener 3 June 1991. 61.
  • New Zealand Wine Glass 40 July 1984: 44.
  • Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia. "Entering into Another World." Dominion Sunday Times 12 May 1991: 22.
  • Teresa, Isabelle. WomanScript 2.2 (1991): 39.
  • Webb, Evan. "Images of Women Given Truer Form." Dominion Sunday Times 24 Feb. 1991: 23.
  • Whaanga-Schollum, Mere. "Māori Myths in Painted Form." Dominion 4 May 1991. No further details.
  • Whaitiri, Reina. "Standing Alone?" New Zealand Books 10.5 (2000): 10-11.
  • Waiariki
  • Duckworth, M. Listener 25 Oct. 1975: 63.
  • Glover, D. NZ PPTA J Oct. 1975: 46.
  • Norton, D. Landfall 30 (1976): 150-4.
  • McCauley, Sue. New Zealand Bookworld 21 (1976): 30-31.
  • McGill, David. Listener 11 Oct. 1975: 21.
  • Multi Cult. Sch. 3 1976: 44
  • Wellington, N.Z. City Magazine Nov. 1986: 86.
  • Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street/Te Tuna watakirihi me nga tamariki o te Tiriti o toa/Tuna o Le Kapisivai ma Tamaiti o Champion Street.
  • Greer, Margaret. "Other Books: Other Languages." Little Treasures 8 (1988): 56-57.
  • "Resources." New Settlers and Multicultural Education Issues 5.2 (1988): 67-68.
  • Roa, T.C. "Te Wairua Māori." Listener 27 Sept. 1986: 75.
  • PW. "Watercress Tuna Meets the Children of Champion St. Porirua." Tu Tangata 24 (1985): 36-37.