As per the announcement last week, Kiwiburn will be moving to a lottery-based ticketing system, alongside increasing reserve tickets for artists, crew and Theme Camps to 50%! This is both exciting and a little daunting, so to help everyone make sense of this, we have...
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Last Call for Poster Submissions
Hey Burners, don’t forget to send us your submissions for the Kiwiburn 2022 poster - the theme of course is Time Travel, and submissions were gonna be due on 30 June (tomorrow!). However the deadline has been extended to 15 July to give you a little extra time to get...
Volunteers Needed
Hola Kiwiburners, have we got some juicy new volunteer roles ready for you to fill? Of course we do - it wouldn’t be an Electric Fencepost without some. First up - and we know you’ll find this one particularly tantalising after all the photography debates this year -...
Greetings from an old friend
The Giant Weta, built by Auckland Burners in 2016, is looking mighty fine in her final resting place. She has travelled to Burning Man, to the Paddock, has been exhibited at a number of other Auckland sites and festivals until she was transported and installed at the...
Tickets: The Big News
Bells! Sirens! Bleeping sounds! Big Announcement: Kiwiburn has a new ticketing system! Input was asked and received, ExCom has conferred, and 2 big decisions were made: Kiwiburn 2022 tickets will be sold using a lottery system. Registration will be open from 00:01 on...
IT Team Member Needed for AirTable
We have AirTable and it’s awesome! Now Kiwiburn’s Supreme Webmaster is looking for a new IT Team member to set up our AirTable. You’ll need to have prior experience running database systems - preferably with AirTable itself - as well as familiarity with Google...
Dates for Kiwiburn 2022
We have a Theme: Time Travel, we are looking for posters to go with the theme, we are looking to give away money for Art Grants, so things are gearing up for Kiwiburn 2022. Except one tiny, weenzy little thing! We have as yet to officially confirm the dates for next...
Art Grants Open
Aaaaand….. We are off! The money is on the table! Dance, my pretties, dance! You are formally invited to apply for Cold Hard Cash to fund your Crazy Arty Fun Dream. Who would say no? Storm your brain, make some sketches, fill in the form, and wait to see if the Money...
Sidekicks Wanted
Three of Kiwiburn’s team leads are currently looking for sidekicks (well, 2ICs, though you can still wear a cape if you want to): the Communications Facilitator, Site Safety Facilitator, and Services Facilitator. The Communications 2IC helps run Kiwiburn’s social...
Epic Video of Effigy Burn
Check out this amazing and well edited video of this year’s Effigy burn at Kiwiburn 2021! You can find this on our very own YouTube channel. We’d love more content like this, so let us know if you have any appropriate clips we can upload and share far and wide with...