Going to a burn is kind of like camping… well, like camping if you take “tents, no electricity, and lying around” and you add “flamethrowers, twerking competitions, all night dancing and 5am yoga sessions”. See? Just like camping. And just like camping, a little bit...
Leaving home can be hard to do. After five days of radical self-everything it's time to pack up and prepare for the exodus from Kiwiburn. Here's Nicola's handy run-down to make sure you are prepared. While most of us spend our year thinking about what we’re...
People often ask what it's like to bring kids to Kiwiburn. Kids tend to love Kiwiburn. They have a lot of fun. There is so much to do and see! However they do require more care than older people, so if you are thinking about bringing your kids to Kiwiburn, it pays to...
The Temple is one of the things that makes burns different from other festivals. It belongs to no religion, yet it is spiritual; it is a place for emotion, for release, for grief, for letting go... it is a sacred space. Sometimes people get too carried away with their...
We recently stumbled upon this great write-up about how different people relate to and enact the 10 principles at Burning Seed, our Australian sister burn. This was originally posted on Philosophy of Burning, by Wonka. Recently, I’ve surveyed many members of the...
Have you ever thought of building the Kiwiburn Effigy? Find out what the experience is like from Nico Skyfister who brought us the 2015 Papatuanuku Woman Effigy. Planning and building the effigy was one of the most challenging and exhilarating experiences I have ever...
Have you ever wondered how the Temple and Effigy even exist at all? Who designs them? Who builds them? Who decides? What are they... even? Rohana Weaver was the successful applicant for Kiwiburn 2015's Temple design. She put together a team and led the build to make...
By Joel Pitt I’m one of the creators of Tensegrity, a spinning 3m tall metal and LED light sculpture that we took to Kiwiburn Wyrd in 2015. The previous year (2014) I’d brought the Sensorium to The Paddock, which was my first exploration into electronics,...
When we're not frolicking on it like radioactive spring lambs, our beloved Paddock is actually a very full dinner plate for our woolly ovine friends who also call the Paddock home. Whatever we leave behind on their carpet/salad is something they might unwittingly...
We asked a veteran Kiwiburner what the Temple means to him: Life is full of heights and depths, whether we like it or not. We run headlong towards the heights and we tend to find satisfying ways to pretend that the depths aren't really there. A few days of radical...
