KAUPAPA - Learn te reo Māori through play!

Nāwai i kore kupu, ka matomato te tupu!

Ko KAUPAPA te papa kēmu mā Aotearoa e reorua ana.
From reo zero to kōrero hero!
KAUPAPA is the board game for a bilingual Aotearoa.

With 900 words spanning rākau to rangatira, KAUPAPA is your chance to have hysterical fun, use your reo and expand your Māori vocabulary at once! It is a word description game that can be played at any level - beginners can use it to learn new words, and fluent speakers can create a fast-paced, playful Māori language immersion environment.

How to play? In one minute, describe as many words as possible to your teammates. The more words you describe, the faster your team advances across the board. Rise to Māui’s challenges along the way! The first team to reach the TOA (champion) tile wins the game.

Everyone interested in increasing their te reo  - from absolute beginners to fluent speakers. 

There are three levels of difficulty, and each player can play at the level that makes the game a good challenge.

• BEGINNER → FLUENT
• 20 - 45 MINUTES
• 8+ YEARS
• up to 10 players 

Includes:

1 Game board • 150 Word cards • 12 Māui cards • 3 Reference cards • 3 Team tokens • 1 Timer • 1 Game guide • 1 coin  the faster your team advances across the board. Rise to Māui’s challenges along the way! 

KAUPAPA | KURUHO & ROSIE 

The first prototypes of kaupapa were created by us, Kuruho Wereta and Rosie Remmerswaal, when we were flatmates wanting to use more te reo Māori at home.

After playing the kēmu at classes, kura reo & in homes across the motu, we discovered how many people wanted their own copy, so we brought in the A-team!

We worked closely with Aroha Tamihana from Maimoa Creative as graphic designer for the project, and Hēmi Kelly as quality assurer and translator. 

Kaupapa has been designed by Kura Rēhia in Aotearoa and made by Soar in Tāmaki Makaurau.

We are proud to support our local economy and make sustainable choices with Papatūānuku in mind.

Soar are New Zealand’s most environmentally-responsible independent print company & hold carboNZero (CertTM) certification.