Wyrd is the word for an event set to take place near Hunterville for the second time next year.
Wyrd is a Norse and Anglo-Saxon word about the way everything in the universe is intricately connected, and it will influence the kind of art brought to the non-profit Kiwiburn festival in January.
It's a festival of community, art and self-expression that ends with the burning of a gigantic effigy on terraces adjoining the Rangitikei River, media liaison person Shelley Watson said. It is based on "radical self-reliance" and participation.
More than 800 people went to Kiwiburn last January. They included artists and musicians. The effigy made of willow branches was built by Nicholas Lealand, who is from Christchurch, and his team.
Local people are encouraged to come to the festival. Last year security was provided by Hunterville and Taihape volunteer firefighters. Kiwiburn also donated $2000 worth of native trees to the Hunterville Lion's Club for planting in Queen's Park, to offset carbon emissions.