Two talented singers from the Rotorua region will go head-to-head in tonight's final of popular television singing competition Homai Te Pakipaki.
Murupara's Sam Edwards and Rotorua's Arihana White-Ututaonga are both in the running, competing alongside eight other finalists for the grand prize of $20,000.
The Maori Television series was first time Mr Edwards has performed on television and he admits to being a little nervous, saying it was very different to performing before your family.
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"The show is something for the youth of our country to look up to. Maori people are renowned for their singing - these days kapa haka is the only thing Maori kids get into."