Kiwiburn

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Kiwiburn
A Burner Event
First year: 2004
Location: Whakamaru, North Island
New Zealand
Month: February
Most Recent Event
Date of event: February 1 to 4, 2008
Participants: 200
Website: Kiwiburn
List of regional Burning Man events

Kiwiburn is a regional Burning Man event celebrating principles such as inclusion, radical self-expression, gifting, participative art and culture.

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[edit] History

The event was founded in 2004 as an adjunct to the Visionz festival by long-time burner Mark "Yonderman" Stirling.[1] The 2005 and 2006 burns took place as stand-alone events in the South Island, moving to the present Whakamaru Domain site for the 2007 event, "Megamorphosis".[2]

The 2008 event, run by Kiwiburn Inc. and themed "CombustInUnity",[3] included an unexpectedly explosive burn.[4]

[edit] Culture

Fire poi at Kiwiburn '08
Fire poi at Kiwiburn '08

Notable, recurrent theme camps include "The Green Fairy", "The Pink Moa" and "Polly's Put the Kettle On".[5]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Regional Representative Mark Stirling interviewed about the 2008 event on 95bfm, 25 Jan, 2008
  2. ^ "Megamorphosis" listing on Obscure
  3. ^ "CombustInUnity" listing on NZLive
  4. ^ "The Exploding Man"; YouTube video of a fuel-air explosion during the 2008 burn
  5. ^ Jenny Ling, "A burning desire to stand out", Stuff.co.nz, 02 Feb, 2008

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