A Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls' student has sung her way to success at the Smokefree Rockquest Taranaki competition.
Year 10 student Abby Pennington, 14, performed her original song Only 14. The song is inspired by her personal life, and she says she drew inspiration from her biggest role models to write the song.
"Tate McRae is a singer I really like because her songs are personal to her and the experiences she's been through. That's what I was aiming to achieve with this song."
This isn't Abby's first time taking part in the competition, although this time she says it was different.
"Last year it was a video submission so this was my first time playing on the stage which I was quite excited about."