Name: E Ipo, My Love
Start: 2026-03-10T08:30:00+13:00
End: 2026-03-10T09:30:00+13:00
Location: Basement Theatre

"There’s all this history… but there’s also me and you."
Tane & Gisele are a couple not unlike a lot of couples in this country.
They love one another,
enjoy spending their lives together,
and fight for one another.
But they can’t escape the fact that the history of Aotearoa is never too far behind them.
E Ipo, My Love is an honest, heartfelt and at times hilarious look at what it is to be a Māori and Pākehā couple in Aotearoa New Zealand. Inspired by historical accounts, interviews with couples, and their own experiences of being together, Tane Te Pakeke-Patterson (Kai Tahu, Kāti Hateatea) & Gisele Proud pull back the curtain on bicultural relationships in a nation with “one of the best race relations in the world”. Supported by producer Tom Webster; Humble Cowboy welcomes you to experience one of the highlights of Basement Theatre's summer season.
Bring your lover, your partner, or your situationship to enjoy this exciting new work by two young artists who are returning to Tāmaki Makaurau after developing and then touring this show internationally.
E Ipo, My Love was created in collaboration with the Issac Theatre Royal and the Hagley Theatre School Six-Month Theatre Creation Course under the mentorship and direction of Dr Pedro Ilgenfritz.