Kiwiburn is keen to understand more about how you view and read The Electric Fencepost (EFP). On average, about 20% of people signed up read the EFP. It takes a lot of effort from our volunteers to put it together for the community, and while we'd love more of you to...
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.Â
STEP into (ticketing) action!
Wow! Tickets to Kiwiburn 2018 only took 40 hours to sell out! If you missed out on a ticket, you can now sign up for the Secure Ticket Exchange Program (STEP) to buy or sell tickets. STEP opens at midday on Thursday 12 October, 2017. If you want to BUY tickets you’ll...
Create your Kiwiburner Profile now!
(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...
The ExCom has restructured
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...
AGM 2017
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...
Ticket update for the 2018 event
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...
Art Grants rules are changing
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,...
Volunteering with Volcor
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...
It’s National Volunteer Week in New Zealand!
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...
Burners old and new, this is a call out for your community!
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...






