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This year we have two wonderful humans in charge of creating the Temple: Karl Matthews as design lead, and Tora McKenzie as the build lead. While we are not giving away the design in any way, see what you can guess from what they shared with us: Tell us a little about...
An additional 100 tickets have been allocated to Theme Camps out of the pool of 550 reserved for volunteers, Effigy, Temple, and crew. Historically any surplus tickets in this reserved pool were released into the STEP queue around the start of January once all...
There are an absolute plethora of year-round volunteer roles within Kiwiburn that are currently (in some cases desperately) seeking capable applicants. If you are interested in giving back to your Burner community, in helping Kiwiburn continue to thrive – even grow –...
The newly established Community Department was set up to support the humans of Kiwiburn to do community even better. So important, and so vague! It would be easy to colonise this space with our own assumptions about what should happen, or respond with ad hoc reactions...
The Government has recently announced that they will fund recreational drug testing at festivals and events, giving $800,000 to Know Your Stuff, a service that was first made legal in New Zealand as of December, 2020, Getting this funding will enable them to attend...
Fancy yourself a bit of an art connoisseur? Know your Bansky from a Hirst? Good for you, though not really necessary for this role. What we do need though is someone who can lead in a calm manner, who can talk to Theme Camp leads, work with Paddock artists, enforce...
Registrations for events and art pieces are still alive and kicking, so if your creativity has been tickling you with some special piece you know the Paddock needs then don’t delay. The glow-in-the-dark shnazzledrum or the doodlebitsabob with electrical display and...
A new role is to be filled in the sustainability team: crew/scrum supporter. In a nutshell, this role revolves around making the sustainability leads' work smoother, facilitate weekly catch-ups online, and prepare for the set-up of a physical space at the event. While...
The 2022 Burning Man theme will explore the transformative power of dreams, both literal and figurative, and celebrate the dreamers who channel this potent energy in eye-opening, often surrealistic, sometimes life-changing ways. After a long hazy blur of pandemic...
Kiwiburn’s resident blogger Navigator is back this week with some reflections on how the Burn ruined her life - or in other words, how the experience and principle of Burning destroyed the old Navigator and rebuilt her anew. Read on here. Photo: Mike Nelson/Getty...
