[2] During the 1970s, Grant learnt under master carver Hōne Taiapa at the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua.
[3] In 2009 Grant received an honorary Doctorate of Philosophy (Education) from Unitec Institute of Technology.
[4] His second whare whakairo was Ihenga at Tangatarua Marae, on the Waiariki Institute of Technology campus in Rotorua.
In 2007 Grant co-authored Ihenga: Te Haerenga Hou, The Evolution of Māori Carving in the 20th Century with Damian Skinner.
[3] In 2009 Grant completed Ngākau Māhaki at Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae on the Unitec Institute of Technology Mt Albert campus.