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(photo courtesy of Peter Jennings) Everyone will need to make a Kiwiburner Profile to be able to buy tickets (on sale on 7 October). Create your Kiwiburner Profile now! Sign up here. You can register from now until late January. Have a question? Read the ticketing...
Kiwiburn is growing. Which means changes are afoot. And one of those changes is the way Kiwiburn is managed over the course of the year. There’s a lot of (generally unseen) work happening year-round by hard-working volunteers, allowing us all to spend five days...
The AGM is your chance to have your say. Everyone who buys a ticket to Kiwiburn becomes a member. Come along and enjoy the ambience of an good old-fashioned chat room meeting. This year the Kiwiburn AGM will be held on Thursday 31 August at 8pm. The AGM can...
Kiwiburn has changed ticketing providers for the 2018 event. Quicket is an African-based company who designed an efficient and Burner-friendly ticketing system which is used by AfrikaBurn, Burning Seed and Modifyre, to name a few. It has great features and Kiwiburn is...
To help more artists get their art on the Paddock, the Kiwiburn Art Committee (KAC) has changed a few rules for Art Grants. The rule about art needing to be away from Theme Camps has been relaxed as it’s been viewed as restrictive of art which needs to be undercover,...
A HUGE thank you to everyone who has taken the time to register on our new volunteer management system, Volcor – the response to our volunteer drive has been incredible! We have had some truly amazing people step up! If you haven’t had a chance to register, please...
Enormous thank yous to all our volunteers for all you do and the time you gift. Kiwiburn is jumping for joy to be using Volcor, a dedicated online platform for managing Volunteers! The Volunteer Team introduced it to you a couple of days ago and is excited...
You’ve probably already heard that Kiwiburn is entirely run by volunteers, but though have you ever really imagined it? You’re standing in the Paddock, it’s the afternoon before the Man burns, all around you people spanning the fancy dress spectrum roam and make...
KIWIBURN 2018 will take place 24–29 January, and the Art Theme is THE GRAND BIZARRE! Thank you everyone for all your theme ideas – we had over 50 submissions. The winning idea came from Fletcher Handscomb who explains: "They would gather from all corners of the...
photo by Sean Furlong, 2015 A lot of people were struck down by gastro illnesses at AfrikaBurn this year. It's a timely reminder to practice good hygiene while at a Burn event. Read more about the incidents at AfrikaBurn here. And read more about ways to stay safe on...
