Mark ‘Yonderman’ Stirling's lengthy association with Burning Man began while he was living in Reno, Nevada doing his PhD. He and his partner Jane discovered Burning Man by accident in 1994 while on a camping trip in the Black Rock Desert. Mark became the New Zealand...
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Gate Information
Kiwiburn 2025 Gate Information Please read on after Gate Hours for more Gate related information. EVENT GATE HOURS Wednesday 22 January Priority Lane: 8am -10am* General Public: 10amClose: 10pm Thursday 23 January Open: 10amClose: 8pm Friday 24 January Open:...
Terms and Conditions
Terms & Conditions of Ticket Purchase and Entry
Location
aotherother Location/Getting There Kiwiburn is held at: 136 Cooks Rd, Hunterville. This site is approximately 190kms from Wellington and 460kms from Auckland, with the closest large regional centre being Palmerston North. Remember to check out our Gate Hours, so you...
Guiding Principles
Kiwiburn is built on the ten principles of Burning Man. These are: Radical Inclusion Anyone may be a part of Burning Man. We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community. Gifting Burning Man is devoted to acts of gift...
What is Kiwiburn?
Photo of the Effigy at Kiwiburn 2017 courtesy of Tangent. Kiwiburn is a participatory festival, where we, the participants, bring and make the things that we want to have here. There are no central stages or headline acts, no queues and few crowds, just a series of...
Kia Ora: to international burners coming to Kiwiburn
This was a guest post for the Nowhere blog by Isa Ritchie After journeying through the rolling hills of our Lord-of-the-rings-esque landscape, passing unperturbed cows and sheep, and stopping in quirky old fashioned small towns, you will find yourself at New...
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