bro'Town (2004)
bro'Town is a New Zealand Television animated series. The show used a comedy based format, targeted at a young adult audience. The series is set amongst New Zealand's fast growing Pacific Islander community, and focuses on a central cast of five young boys. bro'Town is heavy with popular culture references, and is based on the performance of the local four-man group The Naked Samoans. Vale, Valea, Jeff da Māori, Sione and Mack live in the suburb of Morningside, and attend the local college, St Sylvester’s, where their principal is a Fa’afafine and the P.E. teacher is the legendary ex-All Black rugby player Michael Jones.
- Oscar Kightley
- Elizabeth Mitchell
- David Fane
Stars:
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Episode 1 - Zeelander
Release Date: 2005-09-15It's Morningside Fashion Week, and one of the world's top fashion designers discovers Jeff da Maori and catapults him to international catwalk fame.
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Episode 2 - Survival of the Fattest
Release Date: 2005-09-21The class sets out for a day in the bush , but the boys get lost and stranded in the wilderness.
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Episode 3 - Honky The Wonder Horse
Release Date: 2005-09-28After Vale and Valea feel sorry for a racehorse who is about to reach its expiry date, they try and persuade Dad to let them train and race it.
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Episode 4 - Touched By A Teacher
Release Date: 2005-10-05When Mack tries to impress his mates by inventing a story about being abused , Brother Ken gets thrown into jail and a witch-hunt ensues.
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Episode 5 - Half Caste
Release Date: 2005-10-12The boys find a baby in the creek and try to bring it up , but struggle from sleep deprivation and the ordeal of nappy-changing until they have to search elsewhere for parents for the baby.
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Episode 6 - A Chicken Roll At My Table
Release Date: 2005-10-19Joost's conservation-loving zoo-keeping Dad invites the boys to the van Den Van Van's African-themed Morningside Shore home for a weekend cultural exchange , but an incident with a chicken roll turns the weekend into a weird kind of Whodunit.
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Episode 7 - Morningside Story
Release Date: 2005-10-26An incident of racial abuse inspires St Sylvester's to produce a multi-racial musical love story called Morningside Story. Vale is director, Jeff in charge of music, Sione, Sina, Mack and Rex are the stars.