Community

Welcome to the Kiwiburn Community!

Here you’ll find the latest news and info, as well as connect with other Burners (via Facebook), and keep in touch with the happening at Kiwiburn Organisation, through our annual Census and Afterburn Reports.

Also, stay in touch via our Facebook Page and Facebook Group, which contain official information from the organisation and discussions with the community respectively (though of course all official information will be released here and in our Weekly Digest too).

Burning Around New Zealand

Wanting to connect with local Burners? There’s a wide range of places on Facebook to get information about local Kiwiburn communities

Latest News

How to Accidentally Become Essential in Three Easy Steps

A recent survey of absolutely nobody has revealed that 98% of Kiwiburners plan to "just relax this year" before accidentally signing up for three departments, building two art installations, helping erect someone else's shade structure, and somehow still ending up on...

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Wanted! Someone to keep the masses informed

Are you a website wizard? A content crafter? An enigmatic editor? Kiwiburn is on the lookout for a web content editor to join our year-round team! You’ll be helping to keep the wheels turning by ensuring the Kiwiburn website content is in tip-top shape. If you’ve got...

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More Time, More Art, More Awesome

Good news, creative companions! Art Grant applications have been extended until Sunday 28 June, giving artists an extra week to put the finishing touches on their brilliant, bold, and beautifully weird ideas. If you've been sketching concepts on napkins, tweaking...

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Ta Ta for now Dario!

At the Department of Propaganda, we’re ridiculously proud of our crew. We’ve even been crowned the best team on paddock, and we love keeping the community informed, entertained, and connected. But every now and then, it’s time to bid farewell to one of our own. This...

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Recent Blog Posts

Bring This, Not Regret (A Packing Wishlist)

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...

Don’t Start With Fire. Start With This. (Fire Spinning)

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...

How to Start a Shenanigan

(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...

A Recipe for a Bad Time (Vegan)

There are, unfortunately, very reliable ways to have a bad time at Kiwiburn. Not catastrophic, “you won’t believe this” bad. Just quietly, persistently underwhelming. The kind where you get home,...

My First Kiwiburn: How to Accidentally Become Someone Else for a Week (and then Purposefully Go Home)

I didn’t go to Kiwiburn to become Princess.I went because something in my life had caught fire and I didn’t know how to put it out. We arrived late.As we always do. Even with our best...

Weekly News Digest

Kiwiburn Census

We want to get to know you better, take feedback, and learn how we can improve. The Census happens every year after the event, and the results provide insight into our community and a range of comments and suggestions.

Afterburn Reports

The Afterburn report is an annual summary, released after each Kiwiburn event, to keep the community up to date on what’s going on behind the scenes, and our plans to make the event even better.

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