A 5m giant weta will journey from Auckland to Nevada and back before possibly settling in Rangitikei.
A crowdfunding campaign is being launched today to fund the construction of the art installation which will be made from steel and will shoot flames from its antennae.
The project is being run by Auckland Burners, a group who meet regularly to discuss ideas related to Burning Man.
Burning Man is an annual festival in Black Rock Nevada and is an experiment in temporary community and art which practises radical self-reliance and participation.
Project manager Hippathy Valentine said the group needed to raise about $17,000 and the giant weta needed to be finished and loaded on to a boat by July. Burning Man begins at the end of August.