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.
You can also check 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).
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Do you have ideas for an Art Theme yet for Kiwiburn 2017? We're not suggesting there should be unicorns roaming the Paddock, men in spacesuits or people falling down rabbit holes, though we'd love to know what you're thinking! Inspired? Head here to fill out the form...
MOOP = Matter Out Of Place. Kiwiburn is a Leave No Trace event which means you are responsible for the condition of your campsite and nearby public areas on the Paddock. Kiwiburn's first ever MOOP map, created by our first ever MOOP team, is now online here and shows...
Some of the local media came along to the Paddock to check out Kiwiburn. Click on the name of the publications to read their impressions: Kiwiburn festival comes back to Hunterville by Suff.co.nz art writer, Carly Thomas. Kiwiburn blazes by the Rangitikei from The...
The Manawatu Standard arrived on the Paddock on Wednesday and our media team showed them round the site. Their observations are here.
Kiwiburn is built on the ten principles of Burning Man. Number four is Radical Self-reliance; you need to bring EVERYTHING you need to survive with you, including water, whether you’re a Theme Camp or a happy camper. There will be no access to farm water. It is not...
At the Effigy and Temple burns, we take special safety precautions to make sure our participants and the firefighters who help us with our burns are safe. DO NOT CROSS THE BURN PERIMETER! It is clearly marked out around each big burn and patrolled by volunteers and...
Where will you be camping? What will be happening on the Paddock? Is there a Pot Luck dinner every night? You'll hardly be able to contain your emotions once you read the Event Guide, which is finalised and has gone to print! A copy is handed out at Gate when you...
What will you be doing on the Paddock? Download the Event Guide – there are so many amazing events happening. You'll receive a printed copy at Gate when you arrive which also includes a site map! Have a read of the online version, being updated daily
IMPORTANT: Only volunteers, artists and Theme Camp representatives with approved early entry will be allowed onsite before 10am, 27 January 2016 – NO EXCEPTIONS. We are on private property and need to keep our pre-event population to a minimum. NOTE: being a volunteer...
Saturday’s ticket sale didn’t go quite as planned! Kiwiburn is well and truly oversold. Maybe there were ghosts in the machine, or Mercury being in retrograde is playing havoc with technology. Whatever the cause, ALL THE OVERSOLD TICKETS WILL BE HONOURED. Every cent...
