Announcing the winner of this year's Poster Comp, for the Kiwiburn 2027 theme: Moss and Microchips. The winning design was submitted by Kareena Naran (@designs.by.kareena), so a big thank you and congratulations are in order! The poster will be adapted and used...
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BoNZA Civic Ignition Grant 2026
Each year, Burners from across New Zealand and Australia come together for the Burner Leadership Summit (BoNZA), a gathering focused on sharing ideas, strengthening connections, and supporting community-led initiatives. This year's summit was held in Sydney and...
Help Shape the Look of Kiwiburn – Graphic Designer Wanted.
Every year, Kiwiburn's visual identity helps set the tone for the journey ahead, from the first ticket release to the guides, patches, wristbands, and artwork that participants carry home. Now that we have our fantastic poster, we're looking for a Graphic Designer to...
Welcome to the 2027 On-Site Crew Support Recruitment.
Kiwiburn this year starts Wednesday 27/01/2027 and finishes Monday 1/02/2027 On-Site Crew Support needed; Team A will start Pre Build Saturday 9/01/2027 and Sunday 10/01/2027 Team B maintain presence during the event and assist pack-down can start as late as Saturday...
Wanted: Someone to Help Keep This Beautiful Mess Running
Kiwiburn is looking for an Event Manager In practice, this means being the person who knows what's going on, who needs what, who's forgotten a deadline, and which small problem is about to become a large problem if nobody deals with it. You'll spend the year helping...
Got Time, Skills, or Questionable Life Choices?
Kiwiburn runs on volunteers. Not in a vague, inspirational, disney movie kind of way. Literally. The event only happens because hundreds of awesome people (including the EFP team) spend their time building things, fixing things, organising things, answering questions,...
Why did the chicken cross the high jump?
The inaugural Chickenstock was this weekend, Christchurch’s premier poultry athletic competition. The reports are in that attendees of this chicken run were thoroughly hen-tertained, and raised an egg-cellent sum for the Climate Action Campus. The Climate Action...
New Blog Post! Don’t Start With Fire. Start With This. (Fire Spinning)
Ever watched a fire spinner at Kiwiburn and thought, "Yep, I want to do that"? Well, before you start dreaming of blazing poi and dramatic staff tricks, our latest blog post reveals the secret that every fire spinner learns: the journey starts long before the flames....
Welcome to the Best Team on Paddock, Hels!
The gaping hole in the comms team has been filled. Please welcome to the EFP team, Hels! We are thrilled to have you! Tell us about your role: As a propagandist, I hypnotise the masses through the power of a newsletter. Â What made you want to volunteer for a year...
Constitutional Reform: Phase Two Begins
NEWS! Real, relates to Kiwiburn, NEWS, from us to you. Turns out, rewriting a constitution takes a bit more than one spicy Facebook thread, so we’re officially moving into Phase Two of Kiwiburn’s constitutional reform process. Here’s what happens over the next few...










