Kiwiburn needs your help… many of our lead roles need to be filled, and soon, or The Robots may not be coming in 2017. 100% volunteer-run and growing each year, we need YOU to help make Kiwiburn 2017 happen! The robots might be scary, though what will be even scarier...
Latest News
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).
And if you have some news you’d like to share with the community, just contact the News Team.
The 2017 poster competition winner(s)!
The Robots Are Coming to the Paddock and they look like they mean business! Thanks to the combined talents of Tara Fowler and Will Bennett, we have an amazing poster design for 2017. Tara’s concept of, “huge robots literally invading the Paddock created using a...
Call for Effigy and Temple designs!
The largest art pieces on the Paddock are created by passionate Kiwiburners like you. Do you have an idea? And a hankering to build large art? Make your ideas a reality – the ExCom is receiving Expressions of Interest (EOI) for both the Temple and Effigy crew...
The Giant Weta is taking shape!
The Giant Weta has only a few days left on its crowdfunding campaign and less than three weeks until it ships! Weta HQ in Auckland has been a hive of activity with the crew valiantly navigating the logistics of making art in New Zealand to ship 6,500 miles across the...
On the Fly
"What if we had a place to experiment with and apply the Ten Principles 365 days a year, in addition to the one-week event?” Burning Man has put its money where its mouth is and bought a thermal wonderland near Black Rock City! Read all about it here.
Camping in the Forest
After a Serious Harm Incident at Kiwiburn this year, Worksafe undertook an investigation, standard procedure for an event of this nature. Kiwiburn has been diligent in providing them with all information relating to our set up and processes which have been developed...
And the Art Theme for 2017 is…
Thank you for all your entries – the Art Theme for 2017 has been chosen and robots are coming to invade the Paddock! Congratulations to Karl Matthews for his winning idea: THE ROBOTS ARE COMING... "Robots of all shapes and sizes, from exotic and strange lands, from...
Help The Giant Weta get to the Playa
The Giant Weta is a 2016 Black Rock City Honoraria project from New Zealand which will bring a large steel weta to Burning Man, Kiwiburn and beyond. Older than some dinosaurs, the endangered Giant Weta needs your help! Not known for it’s beauty, the world’s heaviest...
2017 dates announced
We have some exciting news! Kiwiburn 2017 will be held from Wednesday 25 January through to Monday 30 January. Mark it in your calendars and diaries, book the time off work and let all your friends know. What will you bring? You have plenty of time to prepare and come...
2017 Kiwiburn Art Theme – call for ideas!
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...