Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Poutu-te-rangi 1938 ka heke atu a Balink ki te United States, ka noho hei tangata whenua, ka mahi hei kaikawe mo te niupepa o te niupepa o Netherlands, "de Volkskrant". Ko te tatauranga o te tau 1940 o te United States e whakaatu ana i noho ia ki Queens, New York, me tana wahine, a Lydia. Mai i New Jersey me te tekau ma rua nga tau o tana taiohi, i mahi a Lydia ki a Balink hei kaitiaki. I te tau 1948, i whakaputaina e ia he rangahau pāpori-ohaoha mo te Karipiana, "Ko taku Pararaiha te reinga". I nga tau 1950 i whakatuhia e ia he maheni, "The Knickerbocker", he whakaputanga i whaaia ki nga Amerikana Dutch. He mea nui te maheni ki te tuku i te kaitakaro petipeti Dutch, Han Urbanus ki te whakangungu me nga New York Giants. I whakamahia e Urbanus tenei wheako ki te whakawhanake ake i te petipeti i te Netherlands. I nga tau 1950 ano, ko Balink te tumuaki o te komiti mo te William the Silent Award for Journalism. I te timatanga o te tau 1953 i mahi ia hei kaiwhakahaere mo te Holland Flood Relief Inc., i awhina i nga mahi awhina i te wa o te waipuke.
Te waipuke o te Moana-a-Māraki i te tau 1953. He kaitakaro tēnehi amateur a Balink.