Kiwiburn

Kiwiburn

Infobox burn event
event_name = Kiwiburn
first_year = 2004
location_city = Whakamaru
location_state = North Island
location_country = New Zealand
event_month = February
recent_year = 2008
recent_month_start = February
recent_month_end =
recent_day_start = 1
recent_day_end = 4
recent_participants = 200
website = [http://kiwiburn.com Kiwiburn]

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

History

The event was founded in 2004 as an adjunct to the Visionz festival by long-time burner Mark "Yonderman" Stirling. [Regional Representative Mark Stirling [http://www.95bfm.com/default,186166,mark_stirling_organiser_of_the_kiwiburn_festival.sm interviewed] about the 2008 event on 95bfm, 25 Jan, 2008] 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". [" [http://obscure.co.nz/events/kiwiburn Megamorphosis] " listing on [http://obscure.co.nz/ Obscure] ]

The 2008 event, run by [http://www.societies.govt.nz/pls/web/DBSVWCO.View_Company?an=6FB1098379698E61B2DD6C994A9D1289&cn=1973668&ut=C Kiwiburn Inc.] and themed "CombustInUnity", [" [http://www.nzlive.com/nzlivecom/kiwiburn CombustInUnity] " listing on [http://www.nzlive.com/ NZLive] ] included an unexpectedly explosive burn. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLMB8gpEH8c "The Exploding Man"] ; YouTube video of a fuel-air explosion during the 2008 burn]

Culture

, 02 Feb, 2008]

Notes

ee also

* List of regional Burning Man events

External links

* [http://kiwiburn.com Kiwiburn "official website"]
* [http://kiwiburn.tribe.net/ Kiwiburn's "Tribe profile page"]
* [http://www.myspace.com/kiwiburn Kiwiburn "MySpace"]
* [http://regionals.burningman.com/nz.html Kiwiburn's "Burning Man Regionals page"]
* [http://community.livejournal.com/kiwiburn/profile Kiwiburn "Livejournal community"]


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