The Papermill in Whangarei
The official badge page says the recycled seed-paper badge was kindly handmade by the Papermill in Whangarei.
SourceKawaiicon 2025 · New Zealand · 2025
Kawaiicon 2025 Seed-Paper Badge
Laser-etched recycled paper badge with wildflower seed mixture
Kawaiicon 2025's official badge page documents the Kawaiicon 3 badge as a laser-etched and cut recycled-paper identity artifact made with a wildflower seed mixture and handmade by the Papermill in Whangarei.
EventKawaiicon 2025
SeriesKawaiicon
LocationMichael Fowler Centre, Wellington
CountryNew Zealand
Image Provenance
- Asset
- optimized WebP from Flickr photo
- Status
- licensed original photo
- Source
- The badge: Seed paper and hacker challenge
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
- Attribution
- Kristina D.C. Hoeppner / 4nitsirk, Flickr
- Notes
- Original 1024x682 Flickr-hosted documentary photo downloaded from Kristina D.C. Hoeppner's Kawaiicon 2025 photostream, preserved in Public/images/source, auto-oriented, stripped of metadata for the published WebP badge image, and not generated or visually retouched. The Flickr page identifies the image as the Kawaiicon seed-paper badge and hacker challenge, taken November 7, 2025, and links the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. The published badge.gallery delivery file is an optimized WebP generated from the rights-cleared local derivative/source with metadata stripped, WebP quality 82, and a maximum side cap of 1600 pixels when the source is larger; upstream source URL, license, and attribution remain unchanged.
People
Authors & Credits
The Kawaiicon Crue
The official about page credits The Kawaiicon Crue for the conference lineage, and the badge page publishes the Kawaiicon 3 badge material details.
SourceWhy It Mattered
It keeps the New Zealand lineage honest by preserving a deliberately non-electronic hacker-conference badge: an ecological material artifact that still belongs to the badge record without inventing PCB, battery, firmware, or challenge claims.
Hardware
No electronics are claimed. The official badge page describes recycled paper with a mixed wildflower seed blend and asks non-New-Zealand attendees to return badges to recycling boxes at the merch desk.
Software & Apps
No badge software is documented for this artifact. Kawaiicon 2025 did have CTF events, but this badge record is limited to the physical seed-paper credential described by the official badge page.
Lore
Kawaiicon identifies itself as the continuing Kiwicon community line. The 2025 badge turns the usual plastic or PCB credential into a handmade, plantable, locally sourced material object.
Lifecycle
Add-ons & Upgrades
identity artifact material
source-backed
Recycled seed-paper badge body
The official badge page says the Kawaiicon 3 badge was laser etched and cut from recycled paper with a wildflower seed mixture.
Source
material recipe
source-backed
Wildflower seed mixture
The badge page lists the included wildflower seed mixture and asks attendees who are not based in New Zealand to return the badge in merch-desk recycling boxes.
SourceOperational history
Issues & Camp Impact
biosecurity and recycling caveat
note
The official page asks attendees who are not based in New Zealand to hand over the seed-paper badge at merch-desk recycling boxes.
The catalogue preserves the badge's material lifecycle and avoids treating a plantable local artifact as universally exportable swag.
- Confidence
- official source
- Status
- documented
- Timeframe
- Kawaiicon 2025 badge lifecycle
- Source note
- Kawaiicon 2025 badge page.
identity-artifact classification
note
The official Kawaiicon badge page proves a physical conference badge made from seed paper but does not support electronic hardware, firmware, display, RF, or CTF claims for the credential.
The record keeps the Kawaiicon badge as a material identity artifact rather than upgrading it into a PCB badge without evidence.
- Confidence
- official source
- Status
- documented
- Timeframe
- 2025 event archive pass
- Source note
- Kawaiicon badges page, FAQ, and about page.
Resources
Kawaiicon 2025 FAQ
faq · Official FAQ source for November 6-8, 2025 Wellington dates, Michael Fowler Centre venue, ticket/lanyard context, and Kawaiicon/Kiwicon continuity.
Kawaiicon 2025 badges page
badge page · Official badge page documenting the Kawaiicon 3 laser-etched recycled seed-paper badge, Papermill in Whangarei handmade credit, wildflower seed mixture, and badge return boxes.
Kawaiicon previous cons and credits
about page · Official about page listing previous Kiwicon/Kawaiicon editions and crediting The Kawaiicon Crue, volunteers, helpers, and sponsors.
Sources
Kawaiicon: Badges
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary badge source for the Kawaiicon 3 laser-etched recycled seed-paper badge, handmade Papermill credit, wildflower seed mixture, and recycling/return instruction.
Kawaiicon: FAQ
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary event source for Kawaiicon 2025 dates, Michael Fowler Centre venue, and ticket/lanyard context.
Kawaiicon: About
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary lineage and credit source for Kawaiicon's previous Kiwicon editions and The Kawaiicon Crue organizer credit.