Loopy Tunes Preschool Music

Loopy Tunes (Preschool) Music are Christchurch-based sister music duo, Siu Williams-Lemi and Leah Williams-Partington. The sisters are recognised for their reorua/bilingual Māori and Pasifika children’s waiata, sung in their beautifully harmonious style. They had their start in children’s music through a weekly outreach preschool music programme they helped create, thirteen years ago, which continues still – now running six weekly bilingual music sessions during the school term. Their repertoire includes a 100-song collaborative project released in early 2021, with the ‘Pasifika Beatz’ team at Whānau Āwhina Plunket, thanks to funding from the Ministry for Pacific Peoples. This saw the duo release 10 albums in 10 different Pasifika languages, including Rotuman, Kiribati and Tuvaluan. Leah and Siu have also released two albums and an EP with the much loved NZ children's entertainer, Suzy Cato and have collaborated with organizations and artists such as, Ko Taku Reo - NZ Deaf education, E Tū Tangata, Sparklers and Levity Beet Music. The pair love to perform for tamariki/children and have a passion for engaging with tamariki through their music and this shows when they are performing live and in front of the screen. They want to do their part to help normalise tamariki hearing te reo Māori and pasifika languages through waiata/song.