Kiwiburn
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Kiwiburn is a regional Burning Man
event celebrating principles such as inclusion, radical self-expression, gifting, participative art and culture.
2007 marked the first year the festival was held on the North Island. In mid-2006, amidst the planning for the 2007 event, a group of highly enthused, motivated burners joined with Yonderman to form an organisational structure and bring the event north. The event was aptly named Megamorphosis, which means Massive Change. Kiwiburn took, and has created a large community of burners around New Zealand. A team of devoted and talented Kiwiburners from around the country now orqanise Kiwiburn.
These people had a vision of what a New Zealand burner event could be like, and the people who came not knowing a thing about the culture of Burning Man continue to embrace it, and want more. Information and reviews of subsequent Kiwiburns can be found in the annual Afterburn Report.
As a regional Burning Man
event, Kiwiburn adheres to the ten principles of Burning Man
. Among these are the Leave No Trace
philosophy, radical self-expression, radical self-reliance, and communal effort.
Theme camps are one of the key components of vibrant regional Burning Man events. Theme camps are established by participants to enhance the experience for all participants. Theme camps often put on events during Kiwiburn so that participants get to know each other and encourage each other to get more involved.
Notable, recurrent theme camps include "The Green Fairy", "The Pink Moa" and "Polly's Put the Kettle On"
Other recurring theme camps include: "SkullFuck", "the Cookie Tree, and "the Drop Zone."
Burning Man
Burning Man is a week-long annual event held in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, in the United States. The event starts on the Monday before the American Labor Day holiday, and ends on the holiday itself. It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy on Saturday evening...
event celebrating principles such as inclusion, radical self-expression, gifting, participative art and culture.
History
Mark ‘Yonderman’ Stirling and his partner Jane discovered Burning Man by accident in 1994 while on a camping trip in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada. Mark decided to stage the first regional burn in New Zealand in late 2003 as part of the South Island’s Visionz festival. It was met with great enthusiasm from the participants, so the 2005 and 2006 burns took place as stand-alone events, attracting around 200 people (Mark co-ran these events with Grant ‘Tribalman’ Knowles, a friend and local drum-maker/festival organiser.2007 marked the first year the festival was held on the North Island. In mid-2006, amidst the planning for the 2007 event, a group of highly enthused, motivated burners joined with Yonderman to form an organisational structure and bring the event north. The event was aptly named Megamorphosis, which means Massive Change. Kiwiburn took, and has created a large community of burners around New Zealand. A team of devoted and talented Kiwiburners from around the country now orqanise Kiwiburn.
These people had a vision of what a New Zealand burner event could be like, and the people who came not knowing a thing about the culture of Burning Man continue to embrace it, and want more. Information and reviews of subsequent Kiwiburns can be found in the annual Afterburn Report.
Culture
Burning Man
Burning Man is a week-long annual event held in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, in the United States. The event starts on the Monday before the American Labor Day holiday, and ends on the holiday itself. It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy on Saturday evening...
event, Kiwiburn adheres to the ten principles of Burning Man
Burning Man
Burning Man is a week-long annual event held in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, in the United States. The event starts on the Monday before the American Labor Day holiday, and ends on the holiday itself. It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy on Saturday evening...
. Among these are the Leave No Trace
Leave No Trace
Leave No Trace is both a set of principles, and an organization that promotes those principles. The principles are designed to assist outdoor enthusiasts with their decisions about how to reduce their impacts when they hike, camp, picnic, snowshoe, run, bike, hunt, paddle, ride horses, fish, ski or...
philosophy, radical self-expression, radical self-reliance, and communal effort.
Theme camps are one of the key components of vibrant regional Burning Man events. Theme camps are established by participants to enhance the experience for all participants. Theme camps often put on events during Kiwiburn so that participants get to know each other and encourage each other to get more involved.
Notable, recurrent theme camps include "The Green Fairy", "The Pink Moa" and "Polly's Put the Kettle On"
Other recurring theme camps include: "SkullFuck", "the Cookie Tree, and "the Drop Zone."