After Kidston’s dramatic part in the National Confidence Carnival in Wellington in November 1933 with his searchlight-dodging speedboat, Diomede proceeded to show the flag in Taranaki and South Island ports. In early October the Moth had been flown down to Wigram then on to Mosgiel for him – when Diomede visited Dunedin, he used her for two weekend fishing trips to Wanaka.
At this time the major newspapers had special sections dealing with local and international motoring and aviation news. Kidston was proving to be a godsend for circulation.
When he first arrived in August 1933 the newspapers reported that he was seeking advice from Phil Seabrook of Seabrook Fowlds, the Auckland Austin agents, on the type of racing car he should import. The papers wrongly stated that he had won the 1931 Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb in a Frazer-Nash. Indeed, it seems he merely told the newspapers