Jonah Lomu Eden Park memorial: Relatives fly in for service

Family have flown in from around the world to pay tribute to Jonah Lomu. Photo / Nigel Marple

Jonah Lomu's Hafoka Lomu has travelled all the way from the United States to join today's public memorial service.

Hafoka has joined thousands of other who will pay tribute to the former All Black legend at Eden Park today.

"I came all the way from Denver, Colarado to be here together with all the people from New Zealand, all the relatives, to mourn his loss and show all our love and respect for him as a man. Not only that but as a fan and as a best friend of his," Hafoka said.

"I had to excuse time out from work to come all the way here to show the true feeling about him.

"We come together today with everybody, the whole world, to mourn his loss.

"He was a great man and a great ambassador to the game of rugby. He was a family man and he did a lot of great work even though he was out of rugby he still spent his time promoting the game. That's how much he loved the game of rugby."