Former All Blacks Tana Umaga and Michael Jones led mourners at the service which Queen Elizabeth II's representative in New Zealand, Governor General Jerry Mateparae, said was a celebration because "Jonah's life is worth celebrating". Lomu's career was cut short by a chronic kidney disease and he died unexpectedly at his Auckland home last week aged just 40, leaving a wife and two young sons. Ahead of Monday's public memorial at the spiritual home of New Zealand rugby -- Auckland's Eden Park -- the Pacific island communities gathered Saturday for a "family day" to pay a traditional tribute to Lomu who was of Tongan descent.
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