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Latest News
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.
Introductory Burning Man Workshop
Radical Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (R.I.D.E.) Stress Test Learn with fellow artists, builders, makers, and event and camp leads from around the world about how to bring our communities into conversations to illuminate potential blindspots and help create even...
Online Chat with ExCom – Tonight!
Hey fam, don’t forget that Kiwiburn’s ExCom are hosting an online meeting tonight at 7:30 pm where you can ask whatever you want to ask about the Burn’s cancellation, refunds, and plans for replacement mini-Burns. The link for this meeting is:...
Assistance for your mini Burn
In the absence of a big-momma Kiwiburn in 2022, we know many of you eager beavers will be saving up sticks to build your own mini Burns so that you can keep the Paddock alive in a smaller, more intimate, less pandemically-dangerous way. And Kiwiburn’s ExCom are eager...
Kiwiburn Cancellation FAQs
For a full list of Kiwiburn’s FAQs, see here. These are a few specific questions that participants have been sending us since the 2022 Burn was cancelled: What is happening with refunds? This is being worked out as we speak! We’ll let you know when the refunds policy...
Kiwiburn 2022 TimeTravel: Cancelled
After much deliberation and following the government's traffic light announcement on Monday 29 November, on Tuesday evening ExCom decided with very heavy hearts to cancel Kiwiburn 2022. A coordinated communications effort has been underway to notify landowners,...
Open Evening with ExCom
There will be an open evening which anyone can join to ask ExCom questions around the cancellation, refunds and especially what should happen instead! We're keen to hear your creative minds coming together and to see how the Kiwiburn organisation can help. As stated,...
Refunds Update
We are still working on how to do refunds as there are a number of factors that need to be considered. We will likely look to the community for some input as well. For example, considerations are: Refund amount (per our policy, this is a sliding scale, still being...
A Thank You Message from the Chair
I would like to do a big shout out of thanks and gratitude to You - our Community - who despite the understandable disappointment of the cancellation, have expressed compassion and support for ExCom and other volunteer organisers who have been constantly reviewing the...
Kiwiburn Cancellation in the News
If you’re intrigued to see what the mainstream Media had to say about Kiwiburn 2022’s cancellation, have a gander at these pieces from Stuff or the Herald. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons
