Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1944, i uru atu a Curtis ki te "Eastern Daily Press" hei kairipoata, kātahi i te tau 1946 ka uru atu ia ki te "News Chronicle". I whakatairangahia ia hei Kaiwhakahaere Kaiwhakahaere i te 1953, a i te tau 1954, ka noho ia hei Kaiwhakahaere. I te taha tōrangapū, i piri tonu ia ki te Pāti Liberal, ā, i whakahe i te whakaekenga o Suez
, he whakatau i nui ai te heke o te tirohanga o te pepa.