On Sunday (24 November), the illustrious, all-powerful and ever-benevolent gods of fate and chance drew the ticket lottery for Kiwiburn 2025! If you ARE one of the fortunate individuals who got a lottery ticket, congrats, you lucky buggers. Once you’re done...
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Mark Your Calendars
We get it - life’s hectic and there’s a lot going on at this time of year. Trust us though, these dates are worth tattooing on your brain (or just your diary). Theme Camp Tickets: are now available. These must be allocated AND purchased by Dec 18 2024, no exceptions....
STMS-A Callout
Calling all traffic enthusiasts. If you have an STMS-A qualification, then we need you! The Services team needs someone (ideally) onsite from Monday/Tuesday to assist with traffic management plan (TMP) erection. If you’d like to read more about this role, head over...
Safety Stuff on Site
You know how we like to burn stuff? Well, apparently, this requires a lot of forethought, planning, and safety. Who would’ve thought?! This then requires, yep, you guessed it, volunteers! We’re in need of two fiery legends to join the Crew. Perimeter Lead You’ll be...
Win A Day On A River Raft!
Just like the legends of the Sword in the Stone, the Fountain of Youth, or Werewolves and Vampires (no, not the Twilight kind), we’re no strangers to myth and lore - especially the Legends of the Paddock. Some say a mysterious yacht docks on a secluded spot of the...
Sometimes a good thing takes time….
We know you’re all excited for Kiwiburn and waiting to hear more about ticketing, and we totally get that the silence over the last few months has been frustrating! So today we just wanted to acknowledge this and give a quick update on what's been going on. Here’s...
Up for a detour?
Roads? Where we’re going we don't need roads! But unfortunately for us, we do need roads to get there. And it just so happens that come January, one such road some of you usually take to Kiwiburn will be shut. Part of SH1, between Turangi and Waiouru, will be closed...
Volunteered, but not yet been voluntold anything?
You put your name forward to help out at the Burn, yes? Of course you did because you’re a good Burner. We never doubted you for a second. However, no good deed goes unpunished… Yes, the shift to an (almost) all-volunteer event is very exciting and very cool. It’s...
Bigger, Badder, More Team-ier.
Yes, the rumours are true. There’s a NEW Theme Camp team out there. They have dubbed themselves the Theme Camp Engagement and Appreciation Squad. So, if you think your engagement and appreciation skills are up to par and want to join this shiny new team, take a look...
Large Art Logistics Grants closing soon!
The newest addition to our Art Grants, the Large Art Logistics Grant, is here to support artists fund costs of transportation of large Art to and from the Paddock - this can be a huge expense when you are hauling a giant structure across land and sea. It can...