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- Title
- Jonah - First Episode
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
- Collection
- NZ On Screen
- Description
This excerpt from 2019 TV drama Jonah opens in 1995. Jonah Lomu (Mosese Veaila), fresh from his star-making run at the Rugby World Cup, experiences the strange new world of global fame. Lomu returns to Auckland where manager Phil Kingsley Jones (Kelson Henderson) oversees a lucrative Super Rugby deal. The second part of the excerpt is set in 1987 in Māngere where a teenage Jonah (Dominic Tupou) dutifully attends church with his family and yearns to test his physical talents with his mates. Di...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 2019
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/jonah-episode-one-2019
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