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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).

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Build It And They Will Come!

Build It And They Will Come!

Kiwiburn needs you! Effigy and Temple Structural Assessment Kiwiburn is on the hunt for a skilled human to help us up our game when it comes to assessing the safety of our large temporary structures on site. Kiwiburn is after someone with an eye for structural...

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Last few weeks to register Theme Camps

Last few weeks to register Theme Camps

Photo my Kasai Photography Calling all Theme Camp organisers! Registrations for Theme Camps close on 30 November, so get organised, gather your fellow Themecampians and ensure register your space to be official. You can still bring your Theme Camp to Kiwiburn even if...

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Remember, remember… that fireworks can be dangerous

It's that time of the year when the British (and affiliates) traditionally celebrate a failed coup by a chap called Guy Fawkes (and affiliates) to overthrow their government way back in 1605. These days of course this involves fireworks being shot into the night sky...

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Who wants to get hitched at Kiwiburn 2020?

Who wants to get hitched at Kiwiburn 2020?

Are any of you lovebirds considering getting married on the Paddock next year? There will be a registered celebrant for marriages and civil unions on site who would be very happy to help you arrange a matrimonial ceremony as her gift. Part of the process would need to...

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Of love and friendships

How do relationships evolve and emerge intact from a Burn? Burner events have a reputation of being notoriously hard on romantic relationships and friendships alike. If you don't prepare and communicate well with each other, then this can certainly be true. Any...

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Temple of Spirals… in pictures and twisted words

We spiral, ‘tis the shape of our nature. We come from these twists and turns, gnashing at our tethers and clawing at our kennels, to seek our primal origin which outshines even these great fires. As we begin to spiral out of control the Temple is our tether for the...

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Temple of Entropy, Arrow of Time – want to know more?

This just in from the Australian Regional Contact Justin McGhee... Our ol' friend Bradley Ogden, a leading Effigy and Temple builder from over the Tasman has designed and put together an application for Burning Man Temple 2020. You may have bumped into Mr Bradley...

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A delightful dusting, a delicate dispatch

Here are some things we have gathered that you should now about. There will be a quiz about this next week, with some *sick* prizes, so read up! Pufferfish Fundraiser! Last week we wrote a thing about a Pufferfish fundraiser but failed miserably at telling you that it...

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And our new Chairperson is….

... JOKES... we don't have one. But if reading that made you sad and think you should have applied earlier, now's your chance to GET IN THERE. Read the job description to make an informed decision. Want to know more before you take the plunge? Email...

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Tankwa Town found a new home – yay!

News from the southern tip of Africa! AKA South Africa! Or more specifically - AfrikaBurn! You might know this already but now you will know again. Monique, their Regional Contact, shared the wonderful news that they have found a new home after searching far and wide...

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