 He went on to hold the office of public orator, and was a member of the "New Zealand Literary Fund Advisory Committee" from 1958 to 1964.During the 1960s and 1970s Blaiklock produced a large volume of literature in the fields of biblical studies and Christian apologetics.He was regarded by many as New Zealand's own champion of traditional Christian belief against the swell of modernist and liberal theology occurring at that time.