KIWIBURN 2013 TICKET INFORMATION

Wednesday, 23 January - Monday, 28 January

Tickets are now on sale through Cosmic Corner.

Tiered ticketing as follows:

  • 1 September – 15 October: $70/$90/$110 tickets + bf*
  • 16 October – 30 November: $90/$110 tickets + bf*
  • 1 December – 22 January (6pm): $110 tickets + bf*
  • Gate Sales**: $160 (cash only with photo ID)
  • Locals***: $70  (must be pre-booked, see info below)

* Booking fee is $4 for $70/$90 tickets, $5 for $110 tickets.  If purchasing by credit card, a 2.1% or 3.1% charge will apply depending if purchasing in-store or online.

** All gate sales and local ticket sales will require photo ID.

***This year we are trying something new. Local tickets will need to be pre-ordered via email or snail mail by 9th January 2013. Locals pertain to Mangakino residents only and must show proof of local residency and photo ID. Please email gate@kiwiburn.com or send a letter to Kiwiburn, PO Box 10108, Dominion Road, Auckland 1446, with the following information:

  1. Your full name.
  2. Will you be requesting an In/Out pass to leave the event at any time? If so, please give the reason and give an estimate of how many times you expect to leave.
  3. Please give information of 1 and 2 for any other people you may be pre-applying for.

Note:  People who can pay a higher price and would like to pay a higher price can do so at any time. There is no difference in what you get with the varying ticket prices; the $70 ticket is essentially an 'early bird' price which will be available from 1 Sept - 15 Oct.

All children under 18 must be accompanied by and remain the sole responsibility of an adult. Children 12 and under will be admitted for free. Children ages 13-18 require full-price tickets. Be prepared to show proof of age.

Online tickets can be purchased through Cosmic Corner here. Debit card or credit card payments accepted online, but not EFTPOS or direct deposit.

Tickets are also being sold through retail outlets located in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.

By purchasing tickets you acknowledge you have read and agree to the Conditions of Entry, and understand the $20 gate pass condition.

Please note that tickets are non-refundable. If you need to sell your ticket, you may try doing so by posting a note either on the Kiwiburn forums or on the Facebook event page. Note: you will have to transfer an electronic copy of your ticket to the new buyer. There is no way to transfer 'ownership' details to the new buyer, so the first person who shows up with the ticket is the one who gets in. So the new buyer must trust that you will not show up with your original ticket.

Gate Sales
We encourage everyone to pre-buy their tickets before coming to Kiwiburn as it helps with organising the event. Gate sale tickets will be significantly more expensive than retail sales and will require photo ID at purchase.

In case you're wondering what happens to the money you pay for your ticket...

Kiwburn is a collective experience. Everyone contributes, everybody pays. This is the underlying principle for the budget. Your ticket money goes into a pool, from which the expenses involved in putting on the event are paid. These expenses include:

  • Council fees for use of land and permits.
  • Safety equipment.
  • Donation to a local nature reserve to help offset the greenhouse gas emissions from the festival.
  • Provision of toilets to meet OSH regulations.
  • Building and kitting out of infrastructure (Centre Camp, The Man, The Temple, Greeter Station, signage within the town)
  • Printing of tickets, posters, survival guides, miscellaneous information.
  • Hiring of a professional emergency medical crew to meet OSH standards for safety.
  • Hiring of a professional security company to monitor the gate after-hours and the perimeter during the festival.
  • Donations to the local fire brigade for their presence at the burns.

This does not take into account all the work done for free (and incidental costs from their own pockets) by the volunteers. We hope that in years to come, Kiwiburn will be big enough to source our First Aid from within the community, but meanwhile in order to have the event we must hire professionals. These are the only people who get paid to be there, other than the Security team.

As you can see, Kiwiburn has a lot of expenses, and these are what your ticket pays for. In the event that ticket sales outweigh expenses and there is money left over after the festival, all surplus will be re-invested into next year's festival. Our festival is growing, our tickets help with that.

After the festival if you are interested in seeing exactly where the money went, please visit the Afterburn section of the website for a complete summary of expenses and income, and how much will go back into next year's festival.

If you have any questions regarding tickets or problems with online ticket purchase, please email ticketinfo@kiwiburn.com.