2017 census all about ’s Paddock dwellers THE CENSUS DATA FROM KIWIBURN 2017 Kiwiburn 2017 was held in Hunterville, New Zealand from 25 – 30 January.

The community consisted of 1635 burners; 440 of whom completed our online census. Thank you to everyone who took the time to do this. It’s kind of cool to get all this info – it’s fun to see how things shift and change and the info helps us to learn more about Kiwiburn, the community, your likes and dislikes, which in turn helps us grow and develop Kiwiburn going forward.

Grab a cuppa tea and let’s have a look at the results for our 2017 census. There are lots of charts and we all know that charts are fun!

Census compiled by Anne Starkey Taylor and Shelley Watson Cover photo: Peter Jennings Poster design: Tara Fowler / Will Bennett Photo above left: Paul Chaffe Photo above right: Peter Jennings www.kiwiburn.com BURN HISTORY GEOGRAPHY

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN REGIONAL BURNS – HAVE YOU BEEN? THERE ARE TEN GUIDING PRINCIPLES WHERE ARE YOU FROM? TO KIWIBURN? ARE YOU PLANNING TO GO THIS YEAR? OF KIWIBURN AND . DO 76% of our respsondents currently live in Our population shifts subtly every year and – 80% of our population have not been to YOU KNOW THEM? New Zealand. That’s a very similar number we get to see lots of the same beloved faces any other Regional Burning Man events to last year giving us a relatively stable ratio year after year and make a whole lot of new (maybe Kiwiburn gives us everything we I took a cursory glance 3.5% between Kiwis and overseas visitors. friends too. This year 48% of our population need). I tried to understand them, but didn’t 1.5% were attending Kiwiburn for the first time. – 9% of our respondents have attended So where are our overseas visitors from? resonate with me This is what the stats have looked like over Burning Seed (NSW Australia); 2017 2016 2015 I readily embraced some of the 26% the past few years. – 4.6% have been to (Spain); Principles, and thought about the others USA 5% 5.9% 5% – 2% have been to Afrikaburn (South I embraced all the Principles mindfully 53% Other 4.4% 5.3% 4% Previous burns 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 Africa). A few others have been to Modifyre (QLD where I could UK / Ireland 4.2% 3% 1% First Timers 48% 50% 42% 29% 42% Australia), (Western Australia) I am the mobile embodiment of the Ten 11% Australia 3.2% 5.6% 4% 1 20% 14% 24% 21% 24% and (). Principles both on and off the Paddock Germany 2.1% 1.5% 2% 2 10% 10% 9% 10% 13% Other (please specify) 5% Canada 1.4% 1.1% 3 9% 5% 7% 10% 7% As far as plans for 2017 go... we have 62 people planning to head to Burning Seed Israel 0.9% 4 3% 5% 7% 12% 2% Some of your feedback: and 22 to Nowhere this year. Fly the Kiwi – I feel they need to change. At least in how Netherlands 0.7% 5 3% 5% 3% 6% 1% banner high! Only 4 people planning to head they are observed. #1 should be consent. France 0.7% 2.6% 3% 6+ 7% 11% 8% 12% 11% to AfrikaBurn... we know who you are and we – Before the burn I read them again and Italy 0.5% 1.1% expect photos! again to try and comprehend. I was quite HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN TO anxious that I wouldn’t be able to embrace BURNING MAN AND ARE YOU PLANNING WHAT ATTRACTS YOU TO KIWIBURN? them fully. It was a struggle, and took a few TO GO IN THE FUTURE? Woah – something interesting just happened days but by the end I felt I had cracked it! 20% of our population has been to Burning to out stats… oh wait no, everything is fine. – I keep them in mind as guidelines but try Man Nevada, almost half of those have been Community, Self Expression and Art are not be too rigid about them. more than once and we counted at least five still the top reasons for coming to Kiwiburn. – Meh. people who have been to 10 or more Nevada We must be doing something right. burns. Nice! 2017 2016 2015 2014 7% of our community are planning to attend Community 93% 88% 89% 83% Burning Man this year – more opportunities to connect with your Kiwiburn friends. 5% are Self Expression 79% 71% 72% 55% planning to go next year and 35% say it’s part Art 69% 64% 69% 61% of a 5 year plan. Have you added it to your Party 63% 57% 63% N/A bucket list yet? Fire 57% 55% 59% 66% Music 54% 54% 56% 57% Spiritual Quest 40% 38% 41% 39% Other 21% 26% 23% TRAVELLING TO KIWIBURN FEEDBACK

FROM WHAT NEW ZEALAND CITY DID HOW FAR HAVE YOU TRAVELLED HOW FAR WOULD YOU TRAVEL DID YOU HAVE A BRAINWAVE YOU TRAVEL TO KIWIBURN? (WITHIN NZ) TO BE AT KIWIBURN? TO ATTEND KIWIBURN? ABOUT HOW WE COULD IMPROVE People travel from all directions to get to 2017 2016 2015 Well, it seems most of us would travel SOMETHING AT KIWIBURN? Kiwiburn, often dragging massive trailers filled to the bottom of the world for Kiwiburn… 2-3 hours 23% 24% 21% with cool things to share with the community. Oh, wait…. This section of the census not only Auckland and Wellington are closely matched 5-6 hours 17% 11% 12% captured ideas and suggestions but also once again and make up about 70% of the 6-7 hours 15% 11% 16% To the bottom of the world 37% included a lot of feedback on the event, community, the rest travel from all over the the organisers and the participants. Here 3-4 hours 14% 16% 10% 8 hours + 21% place and we have a fair representation from are some of the responses (we got over 4-5 hours 10% 9% 9% all directions. 6-8 hours 22% 200 and can’t include them all, be assured 9 hours + 8% 15% 11% 2017 2016 2015 2014 4-6 hours 16% that ALL responses have been submitted 1-2 hours 6% 3% 5% in their full form for consideration by the Wellington 35.7% 34% 34% 30% 2-4 hours 4% 7-8 hours 6% 8% 12% ExCom). Auckland 35.4% 31% 33% 31% 8-9 hours 2% 3% 3% WOULD YOU ATTEND A KIWIBURN Two things to keep in mind while you read Palmerston North 4% 3% 3% 2% IN THE SOUTH ISLAND? Hamilton 3.5% 4% 7% 7% 67% of people say “hell yes!”… the others say these comments. MODE OF TRANSPORT AND RIDESHARE Christchurch 3.1% 6% 3% 4% it’s a bit too far! When driving to Kiwiburn, do you like to keep 1. Kiwiburn is a do-ocracy. If you see Napier 3.1% a look out for other cars and try guess who something here and think it’s a great WOULD YOU STILL BE ABLE TO COME else is heading to the Paddock? Maybe next idea, grab it and go… we hope to see Tauranga 2.8% 5% 5% 4% TO KIWIBURN IF IT WAS HELD AFTER year we should all make signs to go on our some of these things implemented New Plymouth 2.6% 3% THE SCHOOLS HAD RETURNED FOR cars / vans / buses etc so we can wave at on the Paddock next year! For the Whangarei 1.4% 2% each other on the road! THE YEAR? 78% of people say yes (88% said yes last last three years multiple people have Dunedin 0.9% 3% 4% year). requested a clock, so maybe one Nelson 0.9% 68.5% of people travelled to the Paddock in day someone will build one as an art a car. project. Rotorua 0.5% IT’S ALL ABOUT THE DATE. WHEN 23% arrived in vans/campervans. 2. “One man’s meat is another man’s Greymouth 0.2% WOULD YOU PREFER KIWIBURN 2.5% hitchhiked their way to the Paddock. poison”. Some love the giant feed TO BE HELD? Totlora 0.2% 2.5% had a truck / housetruck. in the forest, others are offended by 2% caught a bus. 72% of people like things just as they are (last Other* 5.6% week in January) the carcasses. Some love noise, it * (includes Coromandel, Wanaka, Whakatane, 3% arrived by other means including 2 drives others crazy. Some people Hunterville, Gisborne, Taupo, Matamata) motorcycles, 2 people on bicycles (wow) and 12% would prefer the first week of February wanted us to do less “harm” to the one person via the cosmic ether. (one week later than current timing). forest and others think it should have 10% prefer that Kiwiburn matches up with been cleared more so we could use The really great news is that most people Auckland Anniversary weekend (it usually it. All the thoughts and opinions are shared transport. 87% of respondents had 2 does anyway). valid and all valuable so thank you for or 3 people in their cars and about 19% had 4 sharing. or more. Well done Kiwiburners! 6% say the second week in February (two weeks later than current timing). continued... DEMOGRAPHICS FEEDBACK [contd)

AGE PROFESSIONALLY, YOU ARE: MMM, TIME TO TALK ABOUT FOOD LET’S START WITH SOME PRAISE… “There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, 2017 2016 2015 2014 This is the first time we have asked this • It was perfect, thank you for creating your talents, the creativity you bring to your question on our census. It could be interesting this beautiful space for some interesting In full time 38.6% 38.6% 41% 44% life and the lives of people you love. When reading (can we make a pun about “food for humans to converge. employment you learn to tap this source, you will truly thought”?) for those theme camps that like to • It was beautiful and my best burn so far. Self Employed 18.4% 20.6% 13% 30% have defeated age.” Sofia Loren provide food. I’m excited about how we can make it A student 13.5% 9.7% 14.7% 11% A human garbage disposal 46.4% even more amazing. Meh – just come to Kiwiburn, we have all Travelling 8.4% 7.1% 7% • I thought the burn (my first) was pretty Other* 13.8% sorts of shenanigans that will help you prove In part time work 8.1% 9.7% 9% fantastic in every way! Keep on doing that age is completely irrelevant! Vegetarian 12.4% what you’re doing. Unemployed 6.3% 5.2% 4% 13% 2017 2016 2015 Vegan 7.4% • The only brainwave I had was how to Other* 4.7% 6% 6.7% I forget to eat on the Paddock 6.0% improve my interaction with the event :) 22-28 years 40.5% 43% 46.5% On Sabbatical 1.2% 0.7% 3.1% • It was amazing. Pescatarian 5.2% 29-35 years 30.6% 26% 24% Retired 0.9% 2.2% 2% 2% • Sometimes I have people come up to me Gluten intolerant 4.8% and share the fact that the festival seems to 17-21 years 6.9% 5% 7% * (Includes Seasonal workers, Independent Dairy intolerant 4.0% run on its’ own, to me that sounds like you 36-40 years 6.9% 8% 9% Contractors, Parents) * (includes Freegan, Flexitarian, guys are doing a fantastic job keep it up! 41-45 years 6.7% 8% 8% • Whoever is reading this, you’re fucking ANNUAL INCOME Sustainatarian / observatarian, omnivore, 46-50 years 3.2% 5% 0.5% pescatarian, free range only, paleo etc) awesome! 2017 2016 2015 51-55 years 2.5% 3% 3% • It was a wonderful burn with a great theme to participate in, huge thanks to 55 + 2.6% 2% 3.5% Less than NZ$20k 21.4% 28% 32% everyone who helped make it happen. NZ$20-30k 12.7% 12% 14% 16 and under 0% 0.00 0.5% • Nope best week of my life! Sharing NZ$40-50k 12.4% 9% 9% the principles for the burn makes the GENDER The Dole 10.1% 6% 5% community so wonderful. We know some people prefer not to answer NZ$30-40k 9.2% 10% 11% • This year was rad you guys did a wicked this question, but for those who are interested, job especially given the forest dramas and NZ$50-60k 8.9% 8% 7% Kiwiburn is almost evenly split down the male/ I love you all. female gender line with 47.9% respondents NZ$100k+ 8.7% 12% 12% • Kickass job. Lovely community. Thank identifying as female, 47.2% identifying as NZ$80-100k 6.6% 5% 3% you! male, and 4.9% identifying as other. NZ$60-70k 5.2% 6% 5% • As a first time burner it takes a while to adjust and appreciate. But once you do NZ$70-80k 4.9% 4% 4% WHAT WAS YOUR SEXUALITY DURING you are hooked and don’t want it to end. THE BURN? 2017 2016 2015

Heterosexual 62.1% 65.5% 65% continued... Bisexual 18.8% 19% 25% Other 13.3% 11% 5% Homosexual 5.8% 4.5% 4% VOLUNTEERING AND COMMUNITY STUFF

Despite massive volunteer drives for long IF YOU VOLUNTEERED THIS YEAR, WHAT MAY ENCOURAGE YOU TO maybe A) they might not be able to make term and on-site roles, our volunteer % WOULD YOU VOLUNTEER AT FUTURE VOLUNTEER AT KIWIBURN IN THE it to the burn, and B) That they might be actually dropped this year. This can be a KIWIBURNS? FUTURE? to hungover or dancing with unicorns and pretty difficult thing to measure tho as there 50% say YES – loved it!! Many people didn’t sign up as it was their miss their shift. I think in the future having are many people who don’t volunteer as such 18% say yes but will try something different. first burn and they wanted to see what it was a strong volunteer position advertising and but who run Theme Camps and workshops, 5% say that volunteering wasn’t for them. all about before volunteering (hopefully they sign up system at the Depot would be a and contribute in many other ways. will do so next year). A general theme of the good way to let people know what is short WE ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS. WOULD comments is the need for more info up front. staffed for the day. There are so many volunteer jobs; some YOU VOLUNTEER WITH THE • Free or discounted tickets. require time during the event, others pre- ORGANISATIONAL SIDE OF KIWIBURN A few comments have been included below. • An honorable mention somewhere. event and some all year round. Some people THOUGHOUT THE YEAR? • More information regarding what • Early entry. like to get involved during Kiwiburn (it’s a 39% say YES! (yay and thank you). volunteering involves and how long the • More Support. great way to meet people and make new shifts are for and this to be outlined a bit • Swag. friends); others prefer to volunteer with pre- ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH YOUR LOCAL more openly and publicly prior to the event. event admin, leaving Kiwiburn time open for BURNER COMMUNITY? • A really clear list of the expectations play. If you are interested in volunteering, give Surely 5 days once a year is not enough? and timeframes for each role available, some thought as to what you might be able to Don’t we all want more? Here is how you including those outside of the burn itself. do that will best suit your available time. We answered this question…. It seems we really This may well exist and I’m just not looking really do need lots of dedicated and reliable do all want more. hard enough, though! volunteers… they make Kiwiburn happen. 2017 2016 • Clearer details as to what you’re volunteering for. I need to get out more and WHAT DID YOU VOLUNTEER FOR? • Long term core roles might consider meet some fabulous people. 35.4% 39.8% 2017 2016 2015 paying or contracting the volunteers – as I occasionally make the effort. 27.9% 23.6% the festival grows such roles will be bigger I didn’t volunteer 60% 54% 63% I attend most gatherings. 8% 20.5% and bigger time commitments. Other than Other* 18% 25% 18% I need to start up a meet-up in that, a better and more reliable method Black Sheep 7% my town. 6% 7.7% of communicating / project managing the Rangers whole event when people are spread 2-4 hours 4% Gate 6% 12% 11% all over the country -maybe like using project management software or a better Parking 4% WOULD YOU PARTICIPATE IN A implementation of google groups? KIWIBURN INSPIRED ART SPACE, TOOL Depot 4% 5% 5% • I do feel like in general there is not enough SHARING BANK OR SOMETHING SIMILAR Greeters 2% 10% 10% information about volunteering on the IN YOUR NEAREST MAJOR CITY? website, during the ticking process, and at Man Crew 2% 2% 3% 89% of people love this idea – it might be time the burn itself. We were constantly short MPW 2% 3% 4% to start talking to your neighbours. staffed in the areas that I volunteered Temple Crew 1% 2% 2% (and the poor ICs were pulling ridiculous Artery 1% shift hours), yet most people I talked to Media Team 0.5% at the burn would have been more than happy to take a shift. I think in general * (Finance, Clean up, Burn Perimeter, Year round Ops people worry about making a commitment that they cannot fulfil because they think STAYING INFORMED FEEDBACK [contd)

HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT KIWIBURN HOW DO YOU ACCESS THIS INFO? THE TEN PRINCIPLES AND HOW DO YOU KEEP INFORMED? Robots are taking over the world. Oh, we • I think Kiwiburn could do more to As always, most of our population (81% if you mean Smartphones are taking over the world. emphasise the principles of the event. like numbers) found out about Kiwiburn from Are smartphones robots? Are we robots when They weren’t even in the event guide friends. Almost 7% heard about it via Burning we use smartphones? Wait… where am we? this year. I think it’s a bit too easy for man and about 5% discovered Kiwiburn on first timers to experience the event the internet. 2017 2016 without ever being made to consider the principles seriously. I don’t think it’s It seems that we are all using multiple ways of Smartphone 46.6% 40% enough to have some signs half-heartedly keeping ourselves informed of Kiwiburn news! Laptop computer 31% displayed at the entrance. I know this is 51% Keep watching those Facebook pages and Desktop computer 18% an issue for the community to address checking the Kiwiburn website – there is a collectively as a whole, not just an Tablet 2.5% 5% treasure trove of information to be found. organisational issue, but the principles are Other (please specify) 1.5% important, they are one of the things that 76% of people source their Kiwiburn news set this community apart. from the Facebook page. 45% of our community are signed up to the • Perhaps a bit more education about the 61% use the Facebook group. Electric Fence post newsletter – and 32% of principles than just what the greeters did 53% of us get info from friends. them read it every month more aimed at first time burners as I do 40% of people regularly visit the web site. think the concept was lost on a few people. 29% read the Electric fencepost newsletter. If you are not signed up for the Electric Fencepost newsletter… do it now: TICKETS, NUMBERS, DATES, GROWTH We had one respondent get news off Twitter, http://kiwiburn.us8.list-manage.com/subscrib AND SPACE another used smoke signals. e?u=fded74380f5cf5330672b299b&id=1a6b • Please keep it in the north island. South aa8a98 island can get too cold. 12% of the population follows Kiwiburn on • Move it later in the year guys! I love it, but Instagram (that’s up from 7% last year). it’s right after christmas ya’ll, it’s a mission 3% f follow Kiwiburn on Twitter (down from to wrap up a busy year, do christmas/new 5% last year).. years in the default world, then organise all your sh*t to get to the Paddock in a meaningful way. • Sell more tickets! I believe that there is room to grow the community! • It may be an unpopular opinion, but I do think Kiwiburn should be R18 (or at least R16). • Ticket sales would be firstly to previous years’ participants and then opened to new participants.

continued... GENERAL INFO ART AND GIFTING

ARE YOU PART OF A THEME CAMP? HOW DID YOU SPEND MOST OF YOUR DID YOU FIND LOVE ON THE PADDOCK? This is a new feature in the census and will be 53% of people are part of a Theme Camp TIME ON THE PADDOCK? The Paddock IS love. of some interest. (47% are not). This is the exact same response as last year. This is how we answered this tricky question: Kiwiburn helps fund art projects each year 54% did find love, 43% did not and the rest of from ticket revenue. Did you interact with art HOW DID YOU CAMP? us looked in all the wrong places. (Just for the on the Paddock? Does falling asleep in Town Hall count as record last year only 43% of people reported large tent or other? Here are the most popular fining love on the Paddock – maybe this year 11% of people made a point of finding all the forms of accommodation on the Paddock (yes, love was wearing brighter clothes so was Art and 5% did a tour with the ARTery. these all add up to 110% – this is why we love easier to find). 87% tumbled across some fantastic pieces of Kiwiburn) Art while on their wanderings. 2017 2016 DID YOU MOOP YOUR CAMPING SITE? We are happy to report that 66% of people The thing about Kiwiburn is that we are Small tent 37 40% say they MOOPed their area with a fine tooth sometimes not sure if what we are seeing is Medium tent 27 25% This picture sums it up quite nicely. You have comb. “official” Art or if it is spontaneous art brought Large Tent 16 18% to love those times when you are just popping 21% say their Theme Camp did a grid clean about by the loveliness of being on the Paddock. up to Town Hall to check the white board and as a team. 10% of people said they weren’t sure if what they Van 15 12% stagger home 7 hours later with 4 new friends were seeing was Art. A few responded that they Car 7 4% and a new dress from the washing line. Some gave their camp area a quick clean wouldn’t know Art if they fell over it and yet others Campervan / RV 4 7% (7%), others say they were somewhere were fully involved in creating the Art. Other (foil shelter. We wonder if the fact that there was no between “fine tooth” and “quick clean”, some Hotbox, the moon) 2 2% camping in the forest made us wander more? cleaned as they went, others were Moop DID YOU GIFT ANYTHING? (NOT Hammock 1 2% Last year we all spent a bit more time at our Queens. Had a few claim to have people for INCLUDING VOLUNTEER SHIFTS) camps that wandering around the Paddock. that… not sure if that was a trick question Caravan 0.7 1% Food 69.0% or a silly answer or if we should actually be 2016 2015 Drinks 64.4% Housetruck/Housebus 0.7 1% concerned. At my camp 63% 65% Theme Camp 37.2% WHERE DID YOU CAMP? Exploring the Paddock 60% 54% Art 21.5% Last year almost half the population camped By the river 49% 58% Costumes 20.8% in the forest, the Paddock would have been At Theme Camps 40% 35% a bit different this year with the forest being a Massage 18.5% no-camp zone. Dancing 36% 34% An activity 17.4% Oh wow, is that a unicorn? 30% 36% Music 17.2% 42% of people were on the upper paddock, On Duty 16% 20% Other 15.6% 33% on the lower paddock and 19% in the Performing 8% 8% parking paddock. Jewellery 10.5% Other 8% 9% Fire performing 10.3% Some people didn’t really exactly where they A Workshop 6.9% were but that happens every year and we Other included: Gifting; contemplating; encourage that. We had two people saying Making friends; Visiting friends; Organising Responses under “other” included condoms, they slept in the forest and one respondent things and hanging out in the forest because sunblock, pizza, lighting, Love, postal apparently had to sleep in the naughty corner it was too hot. services, salt, bubbles, coffee, boob painting – someone should have told them the entire and gem stones. paddock is a naughty corner. FEEDBACK [contd)

INFRASTRUCTURE AND LAYOUT areas so that rowdier people gravitate were. Thank you so much, it really made • This year it seemed more about people • My main brainwave is about sex. I was towards one area more and quieter people a huge difference to my physical comfort getting as drunk as possible. Like that was hoping to ‘do it’ in my tent, but my partner gravitate towards another area more. during that crazy time. their aim... and the hiding principles and was nervous about making too much • Assistance for those with larger items to • Composting toilets! (Many, many requests cleaning mood was irrelevant. Could we noise because there was a family with get their stuff to their camp. along this line). throw around some ideas to help create a kids camping near us (like 10m away). I’m • Make the no go zones clearer. The forest • A bit more lighting in the loos at night less drunk culture at the festival. Maybe even surprised that people bring their children was roped off at parts with signs saying would be nice (a few requests for this). some art installations about this. to Kiwiburn -- I wouldn’t take mine, I’d “end of festival” people ignored it and set • Leave no trace doesn’t make any sense on • A stronger message at check-in to our let them discover it on their own during up art spaces beyond the barrier. the Paddock. There should be some sort of brothers who treat the event like a frat party. their exciting time in young adulthood -- • Have a large map of the Paddock and on-site composting and waste regeneration • There were a lot of people talking and therefore I would have maybe suggested a schedule of events printed out large, systems if the site is to be continued further. howling at the temple burn. Perhaps have making the event R18 (so that we can be laminated, near the town hall. I know I felt suspicious of the festival seeing how the people who light it then stand in front of more self-expressive in general, without it’s a huge schedule, but it would be a much the forest, for example, had been everyone with body and hand gestures to having to worry about corrupting children, TREMENDOUS help and would reduce manipulated by humans and struggled to show to be respectful and (probably) quiet. etc). But I know that would be unfair to the need to carry programs. reconcile those actions with the principle some burners. So my real suggestion • Work with nature more not on top of it! I was of leaving no trace. If the forest can be GENERAL is that Kiwiburn have an “opt-in” R18 appalled at the “tree taming” that went on in cleared then surely we should be allowed • If people are going to insist on slaughtering camping area, for people who only want the Forrest. It felt to me as If because of an composting toilets, for example. The cynical and butchering animals, could this please to camp near other adults. incident between a tree and a person the part of me feels like all this effort and money be done in an area where people wishing to • Community sourced power grid. organizers blamed the Forrest and set about is going in towards profiting Hirepool for visit the forest or river aren’t forced to see • Multiple requests to provide drinking taming it. This is major downfall I see in their toilets and infrastructure, rather than it? setting out for a swim only to be forced water – it can be hard for travellers to regular society and was deeply saddened to actually investing into something meaningful to see the carnage of flayed corpses of carry the appropriate amount. see it happening at Kiwiburn. Not to say the and decommodified that will last and innocent animals, with their heads removed, • Showers. safety of campers and the structural integrity improve future burns ribcages exposed and skins smoking over a • Street names. of the trees should go on Un-analysed but I fire was an absolutely horrifying experience. • Centralized clock tower (I have lost think the action taken displayed dominance VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANISATION • I love it, but it’s right after christmas ya’ll, count of how many people suggested rather than co existence. • Give site Ops and MPW what they ask it’s a mission to wrap up a busy year, do this – it would make a great art project). • Definitely getting the forest back up to code for. Kiwiburn can run without any theme christmas/new years in the default world, • Maybe have burners pre-purchase ice so we can continue camping there for future. camp or art piece or greeters or even town then organise all your sh*t to get to the before the event, that way no actual planning fires aside. It can’t run without paddock in a meaningful way. Like you’re commerce takes place and people still ART, THEME CAMPS AND EVENTS MPW, Site Ops, Gate, Medics. just getting back into surviving the default get their ice. • A limited number of sound camps each • You could implement the 3 year rule for all world after new years (work) then you • If there’s still no [quiet] camping in the year please. management positions. gotta check out and get ‘home.’ Why not forest (and no other scope for separating • Disseminating more information on how • Water, sunblock and shade needs for February/March? I reckon you’ll increase Sound Camps from quiet ones), why to set up a Theme Camp, think especially volunteers need improvement. Maybe participation waaay more if you give people not put the Sound Camps in the forest, tips on better kitchen setup and best even provide some snacks too as people time to recover after the kiwi break, then look so there can actually be some quiet practices for camp/personal hygiene will work long shifts. forward to Kiwiburn later in the year. Fabulous camping [the Paddock]? be necessary in future as the event scales. work though. You people are cool, fam. • Perhaps we could have rowdier and MUSIC, NOISE AND GENERAL quieter camping areas? A few people TOILETS, BINS AND RUBBISH BEHAVIOUR ON THE PADDOCK WRAPPING IT UP asked about the “vibe” of the different • Last year I suggested that all the portaloos • We get SO many requests for live music This is from the feedback page which we camping spots and perhaps there’s a way be the kind that flush, and this year I was (again, I remind all that this is a do-ocracy) saved for the final word: to influence the perception of the different THRILLED to find out that they (almost) all • Maybe encourage less alcohol abuse. • Bring on 2018!