Theme Camps – 2026

Below are the Theme Camps registered for Kiwiburn 2026. Don’t know what a Theme Camp is? Find out here!

You’ll get a copy of this listing in your Event Guide when you arrive at Kiwiburn.

As always, Theme Camps are subject to change up until the start of the event.

Want to Register a Theme Camp?

Find out the process here.

Neon Dreamscape Oasis aka rusty bullet hole

Welcome to "Neon Dreamscape Oasis" AKA Rusty Bullet Hole

MIMOSAIC = MOSAIC MEETS MIMOSA’S

Creativity flows best when you're well-hydrated and your spirit is high. Mosaic workshop and refreshing mimosa's that will not only quench your thirst but also elevate your manhood or give you a clit lift. Join us for a heavy beverage and a light joke. Everyone gets a take-home ceramic pixel art mosaic if your attention span is sparkling and your mind is still.

Events: Mimosaic - Mosaic meets Mimosas

🚌 (or the camp FKA The Magic Doof Bus)

All aboard the Camp FKA The Magic Doof Bus for an audiovisual odyssey! Featuring our custom converted bus stage, personal lighting system and Paraflex sound system!

Events: School Disco!All Bangers No Clangers

3nt1ty

3nt1ty is ready for deployment!

An inclusive, safe space to dance with a hand built sound system and a variety of music and visual artists. Interactive Audio/Visual installations around camp and a narrative to suit the various nights and vibe

Workshops planned, space also available for others (focusing on sustainable technology/sound/visuals)

Music focused Arcade games (on the sound system, with visuals!)

Events: Open DecksArtificial Intelligence - Safe & Sustainable UseB2B2B2B2B2B

Alphabet Soup

Your comfy, cosy Queer Home. An inclusive space for the rainbow, LGBTQIA+, and accepting people of Kiwiburn. Come for the weird and Wonderful Conversations, Movie Nights, Pub Quizzes or Workshop Discussions on Sexuality. A harmonic place of acceptance of different needs and abilities from neurospicy to Neurotypical.

Be silly, be comfy and be queer as hell (if you want to be).

Events: Camp Pub Quiz!Movie Night - SPICE WORLDThe Other, Other Sexuality - A Micro Label WorkshopDo You Vear Vigs? - Wig Snatching! ‘Tax and other financial facts: A money workshop for sex workers, allies and the spicy self-employed’.

Ancient Astronaughties

Ancient Astonaughies is a camp that will provide a foundation of wellness where festival goers can indulge in some ultra-cosmic wellness therapy, to down-regulate, relax, restore and recharge. Ready to astrally project themselves back into the festival with a creative spark of spontaneityness in their eyes.

We cultivate a relaxing and nature-inspired space of well-being, tranquillity and esoteric elation. You get the jist!

Events: Transformational Connections Tea and ChiBreathwork: Spirit Molecule ActivationUcchāra Meditation Fro-Ga! (Frog Yoga)

Budju Oasis

Come drift by Budju for slow afternoons and Budju Juice (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) — poured to refresh, revive, and stretch the day a little longer. Each afternoon is a different 80s/90s theme (Sunday is Madonna day!). Expect easy company, familiar tunes, little surprises, and a relaxed, meandering glide from afternoon into evening.

Events: Budju Juice for Budjus Pimp my Hat

Camp Bored Games

Camp Bored Games provides range of board games for your entertainment, including a game of human-sized snakes & ladders. We have plenty of shade, both under the sails and in our teepee.

Camp Douche

Our beautiful green shady space is a home and there is always room for one more at the table. We are generous and extravagant, we excel at caring for and nourishing our fellow festie goers. We advocate for comfort and silliness. This place feels like a spot of shade on a scorching day, a warm shower on a dusty body, an oasis just when you needed it.

Events: Holla a HottieHuman CarwashHuman CarwashClub DoucheStretch and See God (maybe)

Camp Gaia

Escape the wild lands with a stop in at Camp Gaia!

By day we offer shade, hydration, and a place to rejuvenate.

At night we light up with a beautiful audio reactive dance floor and DJs to make you feel warm and fuzzy

Camp Low Expectations

A refuge at Kiwiburn where we champion the beauty and wisdom of setting low expectations, but never low standards. In a world and festival often characterised by grand ambitions and hype, our camp offers a refreshing retreat where community, authenticity, and embracing the unexpected are celebrated. We've found that the best experiences come when you relinquish your expectations and embrace the beauty of the present moment.

Events: Chocolate Body BlessingHookah Road Shisha Lounge Pop UpSpicy Speed FriendingExpectation Alchemy: From Pressure to PossibilityThe Soft Power of Expectation ManagementLemons & Lingerie - A Juicy Affair

Camp Meerkat

Camp Meerkat is all about community care and connection. We offer pre-party pamper sessions with a chill lounge featuring house tunes, foot spas, manicures, pedicures, and a relaxing space to unwind and look out for one another.

Events: Meerkat Pamper PalacePost-Build Pamper PartyPre-Effigy Party Prep

Camp Ohhh-Gasm

We are a sex-positive camp bringing unique 18+ conscious pleasures to the paddock, where pleasure meets authenticity in a heart-centred space.

Expect a mix of playful exploration and deep connection in our workshops and events, including our very popular Ohhh-gasm inducing machines 🫦🔥

-> Check out our board for daily offerings, since not all of them made it to the event guide.

Events: ‘Wild Rides’ for Vulva OwnersGrieving the EroticHandy Tips for Penis LoversHow to Have Better Ohhh-GasmsMindful PleasurePleasure Awakening - Inner Beloved Journey

Camp Old News

Do you find the new news to be so depressing these days? Then why not regress into the rose-tinted world of old news. The “award-winning” anchors are on “sabbatical”, but Camp Old News has all of the notices, games, puzzles, and missed connections you could ever need. Want to know what was the talk of the town in days gone by? We might just tell you!

Events: Performative Bureaucratic Poetry Open Mic-lessThe Mad Hatter's Not-Tea PartyA History of Metal \,,/Chess and Undress

Camp Rock

ARRRREEEE YOOOOUUUUU REEEEAAAAAAAADY?!

Camp Rock is back for 2026. More rocks, more wall, more good times. Come climb, try weird beta, fall off things, cheer your mates on or just hang in the shade. Doesn’t matter how hard you climb, it’s about the people, the laughs and getting covered in chalk together.

Events: How To Train For ClimbingBeginner BouldersCome Climb With Us!Intermediate Bouldering

Cosmic Zip

The Cosmic Zip Presents: Psymatic Sound

Hand-built in 2022, this paraflex sound system is designed to brrrrrr your socks off. Venture through the portal into the cosmic realms – a psychedelic space with yummy beats to facilitate introspection, exploration and connection with self and others.

This year we are offering ecstatic movement sessions and a fire and flow area - so bring your toys, your moves, and an open heart.

Events: A Completely Unnecessary SurveyUntamed: A Primal Ecstatic DanceSound Bath for Embodied Movement & Introspective Dance

Creature Lab

Creature Lab is a sound camp primarily but we are so much more!

We love to play devils advocate and ride the line between outrageous and epic!

The main point is we do. not take ourselves too seriously and we embrace the fact we are somewhat the naughty kids tucked away in the corner of the effigy paddock.

Events: Lab Island Crowning CeremonyLab Island Lab Island Coupling Ceremony Rock Science!CREATURE LAB FULL SEND SUCK AND FUK YOUR EARS AND MINDEXTREME BUTT WRESTLING

Cycle Cove

Borrow one of our communal bikes to explore the paddock and keep your ride in peak form at our drop off workshop. When it’s time to slow down, flow through restorative yoga sessions, then delve into Tarot workshops that help you reveal the paths for riding aligned to your higher self. Cycle Cove will also feature a tripping machine...

Your all in one pedal-powered oasis

Ride. Rest. Reveal.

Events: The Tripping MachineTarot Workshop

Definitely Not Cops

'Definitely Not Cops’ are absolutely, unequivocally, 100% not law enforcement. No badges. No warrants. No secret stings. Instead, you’ll find a wholesome den of drug related information and harm-reduction. Come hang out where the ‘good stuff’ is, there's a ‘High Confidence’ of a good time! Less undercover raid, more sniffer dog appreciation society. 'Definitely NOT COPS’.

Events: Undercover Cop PartyFU*K MODA PartyDefinitely A Real QuizDrug Law in New Zealand-Expert Panel ChatThe Set & Setting Cinema

Existentially bent

A place to chill and connect

Events: Sharing Circle

Faerieland

Faerieland Queers, Yoooo Whoooo, Kooo Weee A call for queer and queer friendly people a space for alternative sexual expression, alter ego and radical inclusion. Our hosted alternative workshops include The squirm pool a naked exploration of touch think cuddle puddle versus jelly wrestling, Pinklets and Anal a hosted discussion about the ins and outs of Anal pleasure and discrimination. Shoe Shibari let our Shibari master guide you through this fetish with performative experience. Conscious erotic touch a participation workshop where you learn to ask for what you want, bring a good friend or two. Use our R18 venue space to be sexually weird and wonderful, booking around our scheduled events.

Events: Pinklet's and AnalSquirm PoolSperm & Egg Donor JourneysJust Like That That Feels So Good

fat tummy

fat tummy cooks local meat and vegetable Friday, Saturday and Sunday seafood and meat paella.

Events: Food for All

Infusion of illusion

A cozy spot to come and relax from all of the paddock Shenanigans. Serving a range of Chinese teas, Indian chai and different flavoured kombucha.

Events: Foraged Herbal TeaQigong ChaiMatcha Melody

Littles' Playhouse

Littles' Playhouse is a camp for the youngest burners on the paddock. A safe, supportive inviting, informative and entertaining space for burner parents and their kiddos. Littles' Playhouse is helping guide and teach our future thinkers and leaders a path for the benefit of the earth. We offer child-focused workshops and entertainment. Note: we are not a daycare, we expect parental involvement.

Events: Littles' StorytimePregnant Pause Toddler DiscoPositive Masc-Parent ChilloutKids & Parents Play SpaceConsent & Boundaries Workshop

Luna Lounge

A sensory sanctuary to connect, recharge, and nourish. Sink into softness as the world slows: cushions invite rest, warm teas soothe, and gentle sounds fill the space. The Lounge is a cozy playground for the senses—sip bespoke tea cocktails, explore textures and scents, create, and wander. Come to recharge. Leave nourished.

Events: Cycle CircleFern-tastic Printing WorkshopSonic AstronautThe Luna Teapot

Mint Country Club

Mint Country Club aka MCC is the place to be for an ice cold GIN & TONIC. Be cool as a cucumber, play lawn sports, join in the games and fun activities. Keep an eye out for the roaming gin bar, there for your refreshMints. come join the club, get MINTED and wear GREEN.

Gin and Tonic contributions Welcomed!

Events: Air Instrument Champs 2026Mint Metal MixerSmoko (Tradie Day)The Rusty Mint Lap Dancing CompetitionThe MCC Hobby Horse Dressage CompMeet the Minters

Pangea

Where live music meets pancakes

The place to go for real music played on real instruments. All night jam session, open mic, pancakes served with a side of jazz. Born from wandering musos and pancake alchemists, we exist to stir hearts and batter.

Whether you’re here to shred, shimmy, share a poem, sheik yer bouti, or just soak in the sonic nectar, Pangea is the place to be.

Events: Open Mic @ PangeaPancakes & JazzPunctuality Workshop

Planet Devita

Planet Devita is a wild yet wholesome, interstellar society of pagan psychedelic giraffe worshippers of abundance. Come join our cosmic congregation as we bask in the glory of Devita, the divine giraffe deity turned interstellar interdimensional cyborg. Get ready for joyful rituals, ethereal music, and a constellation of communal activities that will lift your spirit to the stars. Abundance awaits! 🦒✨

Events: Devita's Divine Cosmic CleanseProcession of the Ascended NeckSoda and Syrup Soiree

R.A.T

Eek! The paddock is infested with wild rodents!

At R.A.T you can explore the depth of the sewers, visit Sprongus, the darling of Kiwiburn or peruse our rodent art gallery and add some art of your own!

Our den is a space for all the critters, from the smallest pygmy rat to the biggest capybara - After all, we're the strayest, gayest ferals in the trash heap.

Another week, another squeak, amirite?

Events: Sex Work Q&ASprongus’ Birthday Gratitude PicnicSilly Little Improv Theatre Games

Secret Sasquatch Society

Secret Sasquatch Society offers a home on the top paddock to all renegades, wooks, weirdos, fruit loops, manic pixies, original gangsters, psytrance enjoyers, partygoers, dubsteppers & fire bugs.

Expect heavy tunes, good vibes, original art, fire, dreadlocks & BASS, powered by the Dirty Hertz Soundsystem. It's like your Nans lounge, but your Nan is a wook who can juggle clubs and rap while wearing only a g-string.

Events: Sasquatch HuntingGuess What?

Sensory Dispensary

The Sensory Dispensary is a psychedelic wonderland full of sensory delights and experiences, a place to chill out and explore the unexpected. We have what you need to delight your five senses, and more LAMP than you can shake your eyeballs at. Open 25 hours a day!

Events: Cold Brew Coffee HourPoo ChatSensory Sunrise

Sodden Velvet

Cosy, luscious and a bit cheeky, dip your fingers into some Sodden Velvet and get yourself wet. Whether feeling seduced at our Queer Poetry evening, or getting squirted on by a love bomb during our roaming water fight, Sodden Velvet will heighten your senses and have you dripping.

Events: Queer Poetry ReadingLove BombingBi-visibili-tea

Souper Kitchen

Didn't bring enough food? CBF cooking the food you did bring?

Never fear, your Souper Heroes at Souper Kitchen are here to save the day!

Featuring the sexiest Souper Heroes you've ever seen (and maybe some naughty villains) we are here to fill your tummies with tasty hot food.

Please bring your own vessel!

Events: Feeding Time at Souper KitchenFFS- Festival Food Survival

TBC - Themeless But Confident

The Breakfast Club? Total Body Care? Tall Butch Crush? Camp TBC is the aptly named home for last minute planners. Come grab a late night snack, craft some chaos ears, or chill and drink chai. A home for the lost souls, an eclectic mix of activities that represent our varied interests. Actual Plans TBC.

Events: Crafting ChaosDermal ArtMacaron PaintingPolyamory Discussion Workshop/Speed DatingYin/Hatha YogaKōrero under the StarsToastie Time

The Big Kids Table

Fairy bread, Susie Cato, eating playdough… remember these simple pleasures? Relive your inner child memories at the Big Kids Table. Join our Birthday party, inner child workshop and a slumber party… (spin the bottle anyone?). Let us take you back to when taxes, inequality & deep cleaning the oven out were concepts waaaay beyond your comprehension. BKT - Where all the coolest big kids come to play.

Events: Story TimeFariy Bread and Donkey DongInner Child HugSleep Over Party @ The Bigs Kids Table!

The Dream Oasis

Step into a realm where dreams speak and light heals. We’re dream interpreters and heart healers, unlocking hidden messages, soothing souls, and sparking transformation. Come let us decode your night dreams, bathe in healing light, or spin the Wheel of Encouragement (yes, kids love it too!). A camp for seekers, wanderers, and wild dreamers.

Events: The Dream OasisThe Dream Oasis

The Palace Lounge

The Palace is a Wellington-based home and community since 1991, where people live, create art and music, and host events. At Kiwiburn, we’re bringing this spirit to the paddock — an open, cozy space to relax, make art, play games, jam music, or chill among groovy art, soft sounds, and lovely humans.

Events: Body Art & Soundscapes Jam Sessions ( Open Mic ) Movie Night at the Palace

The Queer Hour

How many hours may be a little queer? Let’s see! Come along to our sundial for up to the minute truth. It may or may not tell you what you are seeking. Minutes of reflection—intersectionality, inclusion. Hours of being yourself. You might find yourself rewriting or throwing out the script. We encourage it, trying to do our part as queer cousins, bi-curios, gender fluids, sissies, guncles, and transfolk.

Events: Autobiography of Skin Project: SHOW it off AND TELL us about itDivergent Theories on Using a Queer SundialObservations Wall: Patriarchy and IntersectionalityQueers’ Happy HourQueers’ Extra Happy HourThe Delights & the Dangers of LGATS - Large Group Awareness Trainings

The Ranch

Come for cowboy coffee and stay to live out your early 2000s Coyote Ugly Fantasy at 'The Ranch'. Crack your whips and dust off your chaps. Join us to craft your hobby horse, then saddle them up to compete in the rowdiest rodeo in town. We'll be slinging drinks & dancing on the bar like its 2002.

(We hear these Cowboys saw some aliens once and they've never been the same...)

Events: Cowboy CoffeeHobby Horse DIYHobby Horse RodeoThe Ranch Bar is OpenLine Dancing

Thompson Bros. Cirque Macabre

Step right up, one and all... Our little circus of shadows may have seen better days, but this troupe of freaks will still entertain you. Accompany us each morning for "bottomless" coffee; learn something new at our crafternoons; and but sure you do not miss carnival night.

Events: Bottomless CoffeeCarnival GamesCrafternoon

Tiny Town

Tiny Town is a place for people to drink tiny drinks and make tiny hats. We are a haven for anyone who loves tiny things, and wants to display their tiny art on tiny shelves. Our huge hearts make room for all who want to share in our tiny obsessions.

Events: Tiny Hat Making WorkshopTiny Cocktail Hour

Tramp Stamp

Calling all Tramps big and small, come get your pretty lil derrieres stamped with our Limited Edition Tramp Stamp tats and enjoy a (consensual) slap while you're at it. That's right, we were doing lower back tattoos before Gen X made it cool. We might even have a trampoline this year (not guaranteed).

Events: Moon ProtestTramp RunTrampy TiarasTramp Stamp TatsKaraoke Cocktail Hour

Very Alternative Gathering

With our group of friendly and experienced Kinksters from Wellington, NZ and the World, we bring our skills, knowledge, experience to Paddock eager to share with all who want to experience and learn more

Consent is important to us in everything we do. Come down, pop in for a visit

Curious? Indulge with us at our fun and friendly Parties, Workshops and Discussions on Rope/Shibari, bondage, S&M, sensual touch, we welcome everyone, the experienced to the inquisitive

Events: Shibari for AllConsent and NegotiationKink CuriousFemdomme WorkshopPet Play 101Kink/Shibari/BDSM Demo

Warm Fuzzy Doodleboppers

Need a moment of 'aww' and whimsy? Pop by our camp to choose your very own warm fuzzy, fuzzily warm doodleboppers, hand crafted MOOP bags, a hug or some other cute & quirky creation! Perfect for the Paddock or for a quick pick-me-up for your return to the default world....

Events: Bubble MeditationDoodlebopper Making WorkshopThe Inaugural WFDB MOOP Hunt

Wild Connections

A social and spiritual journey celebrating sustainability, creativity, and connection. We honour the land, the planet, and each other through passion, play, and honest conversation.

Spiritual awakening, open hearts, funky tunes (or a wiggling of the hips), and full self‑expression encouraged.

Events: Udder Art Body Painting & TunesBreath MedicineStory time with Sarah (for grown up’s)Speed DatingEnergetic First AidChapel of Wild ConnectionsMedicine of the RoseConnecting with the land is connecting with the selfSunrise Yoga - Wake up + Shake Up.

Wisdom Dispensary

The Wisdom Dispensary is a quiet, reflective space for time in and for self awareness. At this Kiwiburn, we will be offering Women's Wisdom Sharing Circles, meditations, handreading workshops, counsel and advice.

Events: Wisdom Dispensary - EsotericaSacred Wisdom Circle

Ye Olde Bad Dragon

Ye Olde Bad Dragon is all about exposing yourself to new friends, experiences, and conversations! A place where we can share a meal, chat about life, and partake in some shenanigans. We are a medieval fantasy-themed tavern where all creatures of the land are welcome.

Events: The Grand FeastCampfire and FlamesGreat Granny Gathering

Zef

Welcome to Zef Camp, the OG Garbage Art Camp – although you may have heard several names throughout the years like a true star with an identity crisis.

Events: Cute Police Cake SitCocks and Tails

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