Although Kiwiburn 2019 will not be happening, you can still burn in 2019! A small team of Auckland based Burners has found an absolutely beautiful piece of land and are currently in the Resource Consent phase for a one-off festival in January 2019. Location: Matamata...
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Are you looking for the latest gossip, straight off the Kiwiburn press? Well look no further! Keep reading for the latest info, or use the archive and search below to find the relevant info.
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Burning Man is oveerrr!
Factoids from Burning Man 2018: Dates: 25 August - 3 September Location: Black Rock City, Nevada. As the crow flies that's 8 miles NNE of Gerlach... 100 miles NNE of Reno... and 7000 miles NE of New Zealand Temples burned: 2 Plane crashes: 1 (no injuries) Carjackings:...
Facebook Group privacy
The Kiwiburn Facebook Group privacy setting has changed from Public to Closed. Some community members had expressed that they preferred not to engage in discussion on a public forum. A week long poll withing the Group supported the change. The Group is still...
Regional Round up – news from where we aren’t
An amazing account of anecdotes and articles from areas far away from Aotearoa. In America - the big kahuna Burning Man is overrrr, but only just. A whopping 70,000 dust monsters will be dragging their heels across the country/planet as you read this, and the crew...
Burning Seed – the future of Seed
Read "The Future of Seed", Burning Seed's Community Engagement Report 2018. It includes All of the Things: views and opinions, what has happened, what could happen, data, analysis of data, recommendations... and so much more...
2018 AGM minutes
Thanks to all who attended the online AGM. We may have broken endurance records this year, coming in at over three and a quarter hours. No medals will be handed out to those that lasted the distance, though many thanks to all those who took the time to be in (virtual)...
Art for Trees 2018: A Tribute to Larry Harvey
Since 2013, Art of Trees has planted 40,000 seedling trees to replenish wood burned at Burning Man. This Burn year, Art for Trees will honour Larry Harvey and Burning Man through a legacy project: the Larry Harvey Memorial Grove. Read more about how you can contribute...
Black Rock City has gone live!
Not on the playa this year? Wish you were there? Burning Man 2018 has begun and you can watch live here!
The vanishing idealism of Burning Man
Artists head to the desert to build a utopia. But does their work hold up in the real world? Read more here.
The rise of Burning Man
From a huddle of hippies on a beach to a city of 70,000 in the desert, here’s how a festival became a lifestyle. Read what the Washington Post has to say here.