TaiKupu
Daily kupu, swipeable flashcards, fast-fire quests — built in te reo o Ngāpuhi. Tap, swipe, level up. Learn five new kupu before your coffee cools. Launching July 2026.
Built for the way you actually learn
Daily kupu
A fresh Ngāpuhi kupu drops every day. Five-minute habit, lifelong reo.
Swipeable flashcards
Swipe left to revisit, right to lock it in. Spaced repetition under the hood — what you wobble on keeps coming back until it sticks.
Browse the whole kupu library
Every kupu is browsable, searchable, and grouped by everyday tikanga.
Quests, XP & streaks
Daily quests fire fast, XP racks up with every swipe, and your streak counter keeps the pressure on. Reo learning that actually feels like a game.
Quinton's personal dictionary
Every kupu in TaiKupu comes from the personal dictionary that Quinton Hita has collated over a lifetime — picked up from his kaumātua and kuia, the marae, the kāinga, and decades of working in te reo.
It isn't scraped from a generic word-list. It's the reo of Ngāpuhi as it's actually spoken — gathered, listened to, and handed forward, one kupu at a time.
One thousand kupu chosen for everyday kōrero — the words you actually reach for around the table, on the marae, on the phone, at the kura gate. Master these and you can hold your own in te reo o Ngāpuhi.
Kupu saved from being lost
A special section inside the app: rare, beautiful Ngāpuhi kupu Quinton has gathered over decades from kaumātua, kōrero tuku iho and the dusty corners of our reo — words that had nearly slipped from everyday use, brought back into your kete.
A peek inside the app
Daily challenge
Five fresh kupu, three fast-fire quests, one growing streak. Tap, claim, level up — before your coffee cools.
Swipeable flashcards
Tap to reveal, then swipe left for "still learning" or right for "I know it". The smart deck spaces every card — kupu that wobble keep coming back until they don't.
End the session strong
Wrap each session with a quick wrap-up — what's mastered, what's still settling in. A small win every day, stacking into real reo.
A pocket of Ngāpuhi reo, every day.
TaiKupu turns the small in-between moments — the bus ride, the kettle boiling, the queue at the kura gate — into real reo learning. A handful of new kupu, a few quick swipes, a streak worth keeping.
- Daily kupu in te reo o Ngāpuhi
- Swipeable flashcards with smart spacing
- Fast-fire quests, XP and streaks
- Works on phone, tablet, or laptop