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.
Recently a decision was made by ExCom to slightly increase the number of participants, and thus the total number of tickets, to 2300. This is a modest increase of 100 souls over last year. It also means that 50%, or 1150 tickets, will be available in the general sale...
Ticketing time is nearly upon us! The ticket lottery commences on 7 October. In order to be in the lottery, you must register a Burner Profile! The deadline to register your Burner Profile is this Thursday 30 September. If you don’t register in time, you don’t go in...
The Kiwiburn volunteer positions page is currently choc-a-bloc full of roles in need of a capable human to fill them (werewolves will also be considered, provided they’re cuddly and they’ve been to a couple Burns). First up, we need a new Sanitation Lead i.e. Portaloo...
Kiwiburn is an ongoing experiment - the community and the event are evolving and we are constantly questioning the way we do things and how to be better. And we have an obligation to listen to feedback. All of this has led us to rethink our organisational structure...
It’s a busy time: applying for Art Grants and organising Theme Camps and registering events and planning volunteer shifts … but don’t forget the most important thing: You Have To Register Your Kiwiburn Profile By Thursday 30 September To Be Part Of The Ticket Lottery!...
Kiwiburn’s IT team are looking for two new volunteers to help develop and maintain our databases and web presence. You would use AirTable to develop our Volunteer Management System database, build and maintain the portal which visitors to our website use to send info...
Kiwiburn’s new Sustainability Team needs some capable humans to help us become a less trashy community (less literally trash-creating, that is. Burners are welcome to be as low-brow as they wish). Specifically, we need a Data Collection Lead and several Think Tank...
Remember that time you thought making people dance to weird animal noises sounded like a fun idea? Now is your chance to make that happen! Or maybe you just want to host a workshop to get in touch with your inner platypus, host a crochet competition, or a blindfolded...
We have said it before, this Burn is not like other Burns. And it’s starting to show: our Art Grants this year have just broken all records! We received an unprecedented 92 applications (versus 43 last year). Our hard-working, artist-hugging KAC (Kiwiburn Arts...
Yep, you read right, that's plural! We have co-leads to breathe life into our brand new Community department. The two co-leads are Tāmati Taptiklis and Craig Gainsborough. And if you know the current ExCom, that second name will sound familiar: Craig is our current...
