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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
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Episode 1 - In My Mother's Den
Release Date: 2006-09-27Dad gets a girlfriend (somehow!). The boys wake up one morning and there’s a Canadian backpacker in the house who seems set on being their new Mum! Valea tells her to piss off, (until she wins him over with yummy food) while Vale tries hard to accept the “step mom”, but struggles because of his deep love for his mother.
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Episode 2 - Know Me Before You Haunt Me
Release Date: 2006-10-04It’s Halloween and the boys go trick or treating and end up at a haunted house on the outskirts of Morningside where they meet the ghost of a young Maori boy who died in the 1800s but is still stuck between the dead and the living. The ghost possesses Jeff, who starts acting really weird and the boys have to save him from a life of mentalness!
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Episode 3 - Upstairs Brownstairs
Release Date: 2006-10-11Dad becomes a member of the prestigious Morningside Club. Although he only got in because they desperately need brown members, Dad loves it and becomes the club’s most regular visitor. Dad enjoys eating the free meals, wearing a cravat, and doing the old boys' handshake ... but when Valea starts dating the club president’s daughter, his popularity plummets.
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Episode 4 - Go Ask Agnes
Release Date: 2006-10-18When the Minister convinces Mrs Tapili to give more money to the church, she gets hooked on gambling and ends up almost losing everything!
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Episode 5 - Mack is from Mars, Sione's a Psycho
Release Date: 2006-10-25When Mack sees how bad the St Cardinal’s netball team is, he decides they need help from an expert, disguises himself as a Muslim, and impresses the girls with his excellent skills! Mack discovers the joys of female company and becomes frustrated with his monosyllabic mates. The story is further complicated when Sione falls for a mysterious stranger
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Episode 6 - I Still Call Australia Home... Oh
Release Date: 2006-11-01It’s the annual Polyfest - the secondary schools cultural competition - and the boys are desperate to get into the glamorous Samoan group. However, when that doesn't work out (because Sione almost burnt down the stage the previous year), they decide to try something that no one has ever done … and form New Zealand's first Australian group!
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Episode 7 - The Summer the Brazilian Came
Release Date: 2006-11-08The boys head out to Te Hiha surf beach, where Mack “breaks in” to a very flash beach-house. Vale falls for Victoria, a volleyball player from Brazil, and must overcome his fear of water. The classic Kiwi summer story, full of barbecues, beach scenes and bonfires.