John Hart took the time to explain the families side of the controversial give a little page posted in Jonah Lomu's name after he passed.

The Givealittle page to support Jonah Lomu's family and legacy will be taken down by the family after its intentions were "misunderstood".

Jonah's wife Nadene Lomu created the page on Thursday for "The man with a big heart, a legend of the game".

She since clarified that all funds raised through the page would go towards helping support her and Jonah's two children, helping with their upbringing and their education.

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But on Friday morning at a press conference family spokesman John Hart said the page would be taken down after the reasons for it were misunderstood.

Hart said the Givealittle page was set up after a number of people asked to donate money.



"At the time it was thought this was probably an appropriate way to handle that."



He said Nadene asked for the site to be taken down on Friday following publicity around the page.



Lomu had a passion to help children around the world, Hart said.



The family would reconsider how best to honour that dream, he said.

Grahame Cox / FAIRFAX Jonah Lomu with Nadene Quirk at SkyCity Convention Centre in 2009.

The page had raised over $5000 since it was set up, attracting 87 donations in less than a day.

Nadene Lomu posted a link to the page on her own Facebook page, as well as on the official Jonah Lomu page, saying her heart was broken.

Donors have commented offering condolences as well as stories of their experiences with Jonah.

GIVEALITTLE.CO.NZ The Jonah Lomu page on Givealittle.co.nz

The Givealittle site crashed on Thursday under the demand the Lomu page created.

Givealittle confirmed there was a relationship between their website being down and the publishing of the fundraising page for Jonah Lomu.

Nadene Lomu said she and Jonah had big plans to make a difference in the world.

"As a team together we were going to build a lasting legacy. Jonah has left this earth too soon leaving us all empty hearted."

She wrote that the vision which she and her husband had together would be possible through support.

" I will finish building the legacy that my wonderful husband created when he burst onto the international stage leaving history and our hearts, changing the face of rugby".