He wāhi nui tō Patricia Grace i te pueanga ake o ngā pakimaero Māori kei roto i te reo Ingarihi mai anō i te tekau tau atu i 1970. Te nuinga o ana tuhituhinga ka ahu mai i te pātaka kōrero o Aotearoa. Kōrero ai ana pukapuka mō te mate me te ngaro o ngā tūmomo kaupapa, te noho ko takitahi, te noho me te whānau. He kaituhi mōhio ia ki te āta whakamārama, āta whakatinana i ana pūrākau. Ko Pōtiki (1986) tana pakimaero rongonui rawa, i whakawhiwhia ki te tohu pukapuka o Aotearoa mō te pakimaero (New Zealand Book Award for Fiction), i hurihia hokitia ki reo kē.