It is the tribute that warmed the hearts of the nation and helped mourners at Eden Park and elsewhere remember the happiness Jonah Lomu brought to people's lives.
Students from Favona Primary, where Lomu attended school as a child in Mangere, performed a joyful number at the memorial service and got the crowd clapping and smiling.

"Number 11, our hero in heaven," they sang. Even MC John Campbell laughed.