Feb 6, 2023 | Beginner Burners, Kiwiburn, Uncategorized, Volunteer
It’s done. My first Burn of any kind is over and here I sit, processing, reliving, questioning, pondering, aching about every single moment I spent on that glorious Paddock with each and every one of you. Despite spending all year reading about Kiwiburn, writing for...
Oct 4, 2021 | Art, Kiwiburn, The 10 Principles, Volunteer, Volunteers
Photo Credit: You Are the Key by Ralitsa Ivanova, 2013 (Photo by Setareh Vatan) “Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply...
Feb 9, 2021 | Kiwiburn, Leave no trace, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Volunteer
It’s been a week now since the Paddock emptied its population of tired, sunburnt and burned-out yet blissful Burners into the rest of the land. Many of us have returned to our urban jungles and office jobs wondering, how do I adjust to the default world? Never fear,...
Oct 26, 2020 | Collexodus, Exodus, Kiwiburn, Leave no trace, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Volunteer
Participation is a hot topic for Kiwiburn 2021 – Mythical Picnic, so we thought it would be good to catch up with one of the coolest, up and coming Committees on (and off) The Paddock – The Sustainability Committee. 2019 saw the formalisation of the new...
Jan 10, 2020 | Kiwiburn, Volunteer, Volunteers
by Jax Watt This is not an article written by a purist. If anything, it is written by an enthusiast – a Burner who has embraced the 10 Principles and is singing it from the rooftop. I’m a long-time Burner, and the Principles shouldn’t be anything new to me. But they...
Jul 1, 2019 | Art, Grants, Kiwiburn, Volunteer
How to make Art Grants work for you, by Pete Lumos Wyatt It is January 2008 in a paddock next to the Mangakino MX track, in the middle of the North Island. I am here because my friend Polly Lind suggested I should be. There are 182 people here, mostly youngsters, and...
