Sep 14, 2026 | Beginner Burners, Community initiatives, Kiwiburn, Volunteer, Volunteers
“The burn gives back the more you put in”, “We’re a volunteer event, we can’t do it if people don’t step up”, “It’s a great way to learn new skills”. I get it – you’ve heard all this before – and they are all true. But has anyone ever really taken the time...
Aug 24, 2026 | Adopt a Burner, Beginner Burners, Community initiatives, Kiwiburn, Theme Camps
Going to Kiwiburn alone? Does that thought fill you with a tiny, horrible sense of dread? Not because you don’t want to go. You really want to go.It’s just the people bit.The thought of arriving to the Paddock full of people who already have people.While you...
Jul 5, 2026 | Burning Man, Innovation Grants, Paddock Art Series
This project started as a whiteboard wish, became a Kiwiburn experiment, and now it needs the community to say yes too. Help bring Headwaters to the Playa Maja Sagaser does not, technically, call herself an artist. But Burning Man does. Headwaters, the NZ born project...
Jun 17, 2026 | Beginner Burners, Kiwiburn
A post–burn reflectionI went to my first Burn thinking I was fairly well prepared.I was wrong in the same way someone is “basically fluent” after three Duolingo lessons. There are things you can only learn by arriving in a field full of people who seem to have...
May 27, 2026 | Art, Kiwiburn
From the edge of the circle On the Paddock you first notice it just after dusk: a small circle of people moving in perfect rhythm, flames tracing arcs in the dark, sparks scattering like stars. You watch, mesmerised, from the edge of the circle. Every spin seems...
May 6, 2026 | Art, Beginner Burners, Kiwiburn, Theme Camps
(aka: how to start an in-paddock event at Kiwiburn) There are two types of people at Kiwiburn:those who go looking for something to happen,and those who accidentally invent a tradition because they got bored near a beanbag. This is a guide for the second kind. Or for...
