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bro'Town

2004-09-22 · 30 min / episode · ★ 7.2

Animation · Comedy

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.

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Creators
Shimpal Lelisi, Oscar Kightley, Mario Gaoa, Elizabeth Mitchell, David Fane
Production companies
NZ on Air, Firehorse Films
Countries
New Zealand
Status
Ended

Top Cast

Oscar KightleyOscar KightleyVale Pepelo (voice)
Shimpal LelisiShimpal LelisiValea Pepelo (voice)
Mario GaoaMario GaoaSione Tapili (voice)
David FaneDavid FaneJeff da Māori / Mack McCorkenstein-Taifule (voice)

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