The winners of this year's Rotorua Smokefreerockquest competition in the solo/duo category have been announced.
The top Rotorua solo duos were first place getter Reign (Te Ara Pounamu Pukeroa) from Rotorua Boys' High School and second place getter Just Cate (Caitlin Newson) from Rotorua Lakes High School.
Reign, 17, describes his genre of music as RnB-pop.
"I felt surprised when I realised I won.
"I think maybe my performance stood out because it was raw and focused more on just the vocals and guitar rather than the imagery factor of it."