[4] In 1938, Lochore defended a controversial visit to New Zealand by Felix von Luckner, a German commercial raider who had targeted Allied shipping in the South Pacific during World War I.

[7] During World War II, Lochore worked as the director for language services at the Department of Internal Affairs and was given the job of screening immigrants to New Zealand including Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe.

[8] Owing to his connections to the first National Party Prime Minister Sidney Holland, Lochore worked at various diplomatic postings in Asia including Malaya and Indonesia.

[13] In 1980, Lochore alleged during a Parliamentary committee that at least 15 Soviet agents had operated in several government departments including the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Industry, Defence, Justice and Health.

[14] Lochore died on 22 August 1991, at the age of 88, and was buried at North Shore Memorial Park in the Auckland suburb of Schnapper Rock.