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 Crew Facilitator looks after alllll the peeeeeople (so many people) who volunteer at Kiwiburn. By our last count, that’s a lot! Volunteer support includes recruiting volunteers, providing training, providing Crew Assistance and support (burn out is a Burn thing!),...
The Infrastructure Facilitator looks after the physical structures of Kiwiburn: If you build it, they will come. This includes wrangling the Ministry of Public Works (MPW), Sanitation (yum!), Town Planning (the great who goes where and why debate) and finally also...
Ok, so this is LITERALLY the best volunteer job at Kiwiburn. Hands down. No contest. This is a completely unbiased opinion which cannot be argued with as it is an objective truth. Glad we are on the same page here! EFP writers are beautiful golden elves whose honeyed...
Turns out, when the country went Red, Burns went… on, for the most part, smaller, chiller, but maybe even better. Our mini-burn organiser survey has seen some great responses - we have heard from Embers, Regen, Spyre and WaiHi Woohoo, Make.JamHack.Camp, Fuck your...
Burners are stepping up worldwide to do their bit for the conflict - here are ways and things that may resonate with you: Burning Man Regional Contact for Ukraine, Iurii Gagarin, is in Kyiv and posting updates and ways to help: https://www.facebook.com/projectgagarin...
Kiwiburn now considers the refund process to be complete! from our end. According to the third party handling these (Stripe), all that may be left is the wait for interbank processing to occur. As of last Tuesday evening all refunds had been processed by Stripe. The...
Did you make a miniburn happen? You're flipping awesome! We would love to know how you got on - partly to understand how the community self-organised in the face of the big Burn cancellation, and partly to know what little Burns were out there and might come back...
So quite a few of you did gather in paddocks, fields and barns around the country and kept the spirit (and maybe even a wee flame) of Burning events alive. Yay, go you! And many of you had a great time and will attend miniburns in the future, which is just awesome....
We know you are awaiting news on refunds and here it is: Refunds are now ready and are expected to be processed this week on Thursday/Friday. The amount that you will receive back is $170.42 per ticket - this is the original ticket cost of $195.00, less the pro rata...
Still not sure what to do with the Burn weekend? There is a plan afoot for a Camp Out in the the Wairarapa. Burner spirit, a lovely site, all the friendly faces - go forth and radically self express! The details: Friday 28 January 3pm - Sunday 30 January 3pm...
