Nepal has been struck by overwhelming tragedy recently with two large earthquakes. Longtime Kiwiburner Peter Brierley-Millman is helping out by raising the roof at Cloud9 to raise money to help them rebuild their devastated country. Gather your friends and bring them...
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2015 Census results
Kiwiburners! Who are you and where are you from? Find out the answers to these questions, and more. The 2015 Census is out – read it now! https://kiwiburn.com/participate/volunteer/kiwiburn-census/
2016 Theme and Poster Competition
The theme for Kiwiburn 2016 is: Pot luck and emotion "Come one, come all. Camp, cook, celebrate; Laugh, cry, levitate. What’s better than a shared lunch with your work mates? A sensory feast with your burning besties! Dine on dance, masticate on music, and gorge your...
What’s it like to build large art on the paddock?
By Joel Pitt I’m one of the creators of Tensegrity, a spinning 3m tall metal and LED light sculpture that we took to Kiwiburn Wyrd in 2015. The previous year (2014) I’d brought the Sensorium to The Paddock, which was my first exploration into electronics,...
Art Grants
Art Grants Art Grants are administered by Kiwiburn Art Committee (KAC). Kiwiburn currently has three categories of Art Grants. Small Art Grants - for new projects under $500 Large Art Grants - for new projects that are expected to be over $500 (The biggest grant we...
Keeping the Paddock tidy
When we're not frolicking on it like radioactive spring lambs, our beloved Paddock is actually a very full dinner plate for our woolly ovine friends who also call the Paddock home. Whatever we leave behind on their carpet/salad is something they might unwittingly...
Kiwiburn 2016 dates confirmed!
It's official: Kiwiburn 2016 will be held from Wednesday 27 January until Monday 1 February. Mark it in your calendars and diaries, book the time off work and let all your friends know. And now that you know, there are no excuses; you have plenty of time to prepare...
2016 Art Theme
Hey you clever burners, what will be the Art Theme for 2016? Put on your thinking hat for ideas for the thirteenth Kiwiburn – unlucky for some! For inspiration, here are the posters depicting the themes over the years. (LINK) Email your fabulous ideas to...
The Temple at Kiwiburn
We asked a veteran Kiwiburner what the Temple means to him: Life is full of heights and depths, whether we like it or not. We run headlong towards the heights and we tend to find satisfying ways to pretend that the depths aren't really there. A few days of radical...
The Hub
Image credit: Amy PotengerThe Hub previously known as Centre Camp, or Town HallWhat the deuce even is The Hub?! It’s a community space for all to congregate, learn things, hang, get weird, wrap your looking-balls around some spectacular new art and co-create epic...