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Biography: Lofley, Edward

Edward Lofley

Edward Lofley

A well-known Taupō guide from the 1870s, the eccentric Edward Lofley usually wore the informal uniform of the Armed Constabulary – a bush shirt and kilt. This was topped with a 'high broad-brimmed hat with a pheasant's feather sticking out of it'.

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Barbara Cooper and Brian O'Brien. 'Lofley, Edward', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/615/edward-lofley (accessed 24 June 2026).