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.
With the resurgence of Covid causing a lockdown in Auckland, the planned ExCom summit this weekend did not go ahead. Despite initial attempts to convert it into a fully online event, it soon became clear that more planning was necessary at such short notice, and we...
What is it like building an artwork for Kiwiburn and getting arts funding? Head over to our blog, where 2020 Art Grant recipient Daniel talks about his experience building TRONG!, a TRON-like glow-in-the-dark table tennis table, and how he became a regular Kiwiburn...
Our volunteer family is growing, and we have a new blogger to re-kindle the Kiwiburn Blog. Meet our brilliant new blogger, Navigator! Tell us a little about yourself I originally hail from the US. I have lived in Aotearoa for ten years now (best life decision I ever...
Photo credit: Andy Flint If you’re struggling with everything that 2020 has thrown at us and need somewhere to release that feeling, you can leave a message or other offering at Burning Man’s Virtual Temple. Offerings can be left up until August 29, and the Virtual...
Hi all you wonderful Theme Camp administrators, Did you recently receive an email asking you to fill in a survey about your theme camp plans? Did it mention advance ticket sales? It seems that one of our awesome volunteer bees got a little bit too buzzy too early,...
With the way the world is going, Kiwiburn may well be the only Burn happening in the next year. No pressure! In order to ensure we can make it happen, we need more wonderful people to give their time and expertise to make this Burn work. It’s not a thing that those...
Photocredit: Rhona Wise What’s it gonna be? Donald Trump on a burning pile of face masks? An embroidered portrait of your labradoodle? This is your one and only chance to get MONEY for your CRAZY, BEAUTIFUL IDEA! Arts grants applications close in less than a month,...
Photocredit: Andy Flint Have you taken an amazing photo at Kiwiburn that you’d love to share with the community? Kiwiburn is looking to expand its photo archive – we’re particularly interested in photos that do not show peoples’ faces, so that we can feature the...
Meanwhile, Burning Man Multiverse - the online version of this year’s event - is splitting, mutating and evolving. It has birthed eight universes and the separate Temple Experience - each virtual space an experiment in relating to each other and the 10 Principles in...
Photocredit: Stewart Harvey Burning Man is in turmoil as a result of the cancellation of the 2020 event. The financial and emotional fallout is unprecedented, and there are questions about whether the organisation can weather the storm, and if so, in what shape. Maid...
