Kiwiburn

Kiwiburn is a regional Burning Man event based in Hunterville, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand celebrating principles such as inclusion, radical self-expression, gifting, participative art, communal effort, and culture.

In 1994, Mark ‘Yonderman’ Stirling and his partner Jane discovered Burning Man by accident while on a camping trip in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada.

[2][3] Mark decided to stage the first regional burn in New Zealand in late 2003 as part of the South Island's Visionz festival.

Kiwiburn has helped create a large community of burners around New Zealand, and the annual event, along with the occasional localized gatherings,[4][5] continue to maintain its unique culture.

A person attending the festival told Radio New Zealand that several individuals had masturbated and had open sex in the presence of children following the burning of the effigy.