 During this time Blaiklock published The male characters of Euripides, for which the University of New Zealand awarded him the degree of LittD in 1946.In 1945 he and his family moved to Titirangi, where Blaiklock and his wife resided for the remainder of their lives.In 1941 Blaiklock was invited to write as a columnist for the "Weekly News" by editor H. I. Macpherson.