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There is so much passion in the Burnerverse which often leads to amazing art and creativity, transformative experiences, spirited debate, long volunteer hours, and burnout. And occasionally, fallout. What is happening across the ditch with Burning Seed in 2022? There...
First of all – what does the Infrastructure Facilitator role involve? Things... and bits and bobs obviously – but mostly things... and more importantly enabling the people who do the things, so we can have things on the Paddock. Kiwiburn is unique in that the...
Keen to volunteer, prefer a virtual universe of ones and zeros to sledgehammers and tape measures? We have opportunities in our IT team for you: Burners who prefer building databases over porta potties. Our IT team looks after the arcane, marvellous and increasingly...
Each year, the Burning Man Temple is brought to life as a safe place for embracing and releasing trauma, loss, and pain. The Empyrean temple will be the 20th embodiment of the Temple at Burning Man, and the first in three years. While the chaos of the past three years...
On the weekend of 29 April ExCom* members sequestered themselves in a beautiful, isolated AirBnb at Manukau Heads near Auckland and hashed out the parameters for Kiwiburn 2023. There were presentations by the Green Kiwi Sustainability team and a virtual meeting with...
We know all those who purchased tickets for Kiwiburn 2022 via the general sale lottery and then received a refund have been feeling the loss and disappointment, and wondering what happens to you for Kiwiburn 2023. Conversely, everyone who was not successful in the...
ExCom needs a new name! One that is less stern, corporate and dry and represents what the Facilitators actually do, which is, well, facilitate the necessary bits and pieces to make the Burn happen. We’d love for you to submit your ideas of what ExCom should be called...
The Tinkle Drum is taking shape! This project follows the legacy of The Giant Weta which earned Black Rock City Honoraria project in 2016. Now we are building a human-powered musical instrument! The first, smaller(!) prototype build is well underway in preparation for...
Afrikaburn was reborn in the flames this April - the event has come back from a two year hiatus, smaller, relocated, but by all means bolder and even more beautiful than before. This EFP writer has shed a tear or two seeing her home Burn come back to life, and if you...
Kiwiburn needs volunteers. We are purely volunteer based. Everything that happens, happens because someone gave of their time, heart, sweat and mind to make it happen. What does happen is a fabulous, ethereal bubble in space-time where the normal rules don’t hold and...
