Riiki Reid

Raquel Abolins-Reid (born 1999), known professionally as RIIKI REID (formerly Riiki), is a New Zealand singer-songwriter, producer and dance choreographer. Several of Reid's songs have charted highly in the NZ Hot Singles Charts, including Good times which reached number 1.

Reid released several singles from 2019 to 2021 independently, continuing her work with Warner Music New Zealand in subsequent years. In 2022 she released two EPs with the label, Newer Oxygen and Crash & Collide. She followed up with Skin, her third EP, in 2024.

In 2023, Reid and Fazerdaze toured as a supporting acts for Lorde's Solar Power concert in New Zealand. In 2024, she performed at Homegrown festival. Reid has also toured with other New Zealand acts including L.A.B. and Dave Dobbyn.

Biography Reid grew up in Churton Park, Wellington and was a student at Onslow College. She reached the finals in Smokefreerockquest with her highschool band Retrospect. She recorded her first original composition in te reo Māori with "Kārewa" in 2023, and "Te Tāone", a re-imagining of the 2022 single "The City."

Reid describes herself as "primarily a vocalist" with an interest in piano and guitar. She claims a love of "edgy 90s rock" and cites Radiohead and Björk as inspirations.

Reid was seven years old when she performed for the first time in public, alongside her brother in North City Mall, Porirua. She followed in 2021 with her fifth single, "In the Moment", released with a music video directed by Connor Pritchard and funded by NZ On Air.

In May 2022, Reid released her debut EP Newer Oxygen, which is a collection of three singles. Earlier in year, two singles from the EP had been released in advance: "Over Romantic"

Discography

EPs

Newer Oxygen (2022) "High Heights" (2019) "Share Your Luv" (2020) "Good Times" (2020) "In the Moment" (2021) "Karamata" (2022) "Drive" (2022) "Home With Me" (2023) "Over Romantic" (2025) "Indulgent (Fruit)" (2025)