Pauly Fuemana farewelled by stars

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GOLD RECORD: The scene at the funeral service for Pauly Fuemana at the PIPC Church in Auckland.

BIG HUG: Christina Fuemana and brother Tony appear at the funeral service for Pauly Fuemana at the PIPC Church in Auckland.

SLOW WALK: Wife Kirsten Fuemana follows the coffin out at the funeral service for Pauly Fuemana at the PIPC Church in Auckland.

SAD DAY: Pauly Fuemana's coffin leaves the PIPC Church in Auckland.

FOND FAREWELL: Oscar Knightley and Teuila Blakely appear at the funeral service for Pauly Fuemana at the PIPC Chruch in Auckland.

SINGER OF SONGS: Christina Fuemana and brother Tony perform at the funeral service for Pauly Fuemana at the PIPC Chruch in Auckland.

LAST GOODBYE: Pauly Fuemana's coffin is taken into the PIPC Chruch in Auckland.

LOUD AND PROUD: Dei Hamo sings at the memorial service for Pauly Fuemana in South Auckland.

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HIT SONG: A still from OMC's music video, for their hit song, How Bizarre, with frontman Pauly Fuemana.

Pauly Fuemana dies aged 40

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Polynesia's music stars have turned out to say farewell to How Bizarre singer-songwriter Pauly Fuemana.

The singer died last Sunday, aged 40, of pneumonia.

Scribe and Che Fu were among the crowd who gathered at the Otara Music Centre for a family service.

It is near the Fuemana home where, in 1995, Pauly and his Otara Millionaires Club wrote How Bizarre and the video was filmed on nearby streets.

A funeral service held for Fuemana at the Pacific Islands Presbyterian Church drew around 240 people this morning, including comedian Oscar Kightley, radio presenter Teuila Blakely and Dawn Raid's Brother D.

Many interpretations of How Bizarre's lyrics have been offered, but his brother Tony says it was meaningless.

"How Bizarre was the type of person he was. The lyrics didn't really mean anything, it was his comment on life around him, what he saw."

How Bizarre was New Zealand's most commercially successful piece of music ever, but Pauly Fuemana went bankrupt and lost the copyright on the song.

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