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Fire destroyed Monika's sleepout and all her belongings

  • Big THANKS to EVERYONE

      28 September 2020
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    FRIENDS ARE LIKE FLOWERS IN GARDEN OF LIFE.

    Hello everybody,

    I would like to write last update about all my fire story.

    I am getting back on track. Slowly piece by piece building my life back up.

    I got and still have been getting lot of support from beautiful local community, family, friends from czech, nz and all over the world.

    I would like to thanks heaps to Leithen valley hunts NZ, Hunting and Fishing store in Queenstown and Cactus Outdoor, who gave me hudge support and helped me to replace almost all their gear, which I lost in fire. So I can fish, hunt and hike happily again.

    I would not make it without you guys. So thank you heaps!!!

    It's such a nice to know, such a safe feeling, that whatever, wherever and whenever something happen, you are not alone. There are always angels around, who will lift you up, when your wings forgot to fly.

    xxx love you all xxx

    Stay healthy, happy and beautiful xxx

    x mon x

    CZECH:

    PRATELE JSOU JAKO KVETINY V ZAHRADE ZIVOTA.

    Ahoj moji mili,

    rada bych sem napsala posledni update meho ohniveho pribehu.

    Mam se dobre, pomalu ale jiste se vse vraci do normalu. Kousek po kousku buduji muj vecny zivot zase do poradku. Pribyvani nove radosti, zazitky, lapalie, nastrahy a zkratka vse se vraci do normalnich kolejich, jak je tomu u kazdeho z nas. :o)

    Nicmene bych vam vsech chtela VELMI podekovat. Bez vas bych to nezvladla! A musim teda rict, ze prevazne bez vas, co jste doma v CR bych to nezvladla. Strasne moc dekuju vsem co mi pomohli i tim nejmensim kousickem chleba, ktery si sami museli odtrhnout od huby. Toho si moc cenim a krasne to reje usrdce.

    Omlouvam se, ze nejsem moc dobry recnik, kdyz ja bych to podekovani s vami nejradsi zapila nekde v Luzankach nebo na Letne na zelene trave. To by mi slo asi lepe. :o)

    Musim rict, ze je velmi dulezite a krasne vedet, ze at uz se stane cokoliv, kdykoliv a kdekoliv, nikdy na to nejsi sam!!! Pokazde jsou kolem Tebe andele, kteri Te pozdvihnou, kdyz Tvoje kridla zapomenou letat. xxx

    Posilam vsem pusinku, podekovani a obejmuti xxx

    Opatrujte se moji andele xxx Zustatne zdravi, stastni a krasni jako vas znam xxx

    xxx mondie xxx

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  • I am looking for new place to live

      31 July 2020
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    Hello everyone,

    I would like to update you with all what's been happening up here in Hawea Flat.

    Burned ruins are gone, cleaned up, so we don't have to smell and look at it. Which helps a lot.

    Looks like a time to look for new place to live.

    I am looking for longer term house, sleep out, unit, room to live. I would like to stay around Hawea, Hawea Flat, Luggate, Wanaka. If anyone would know about some nice place to live, let me know please. I am just spreading word around atm. But will start to search hard on Monday. I am bit limited by budget of my rent, but we have lees people around, so hopefully will be few available and cheap places around.

    Please let me know, If you would have any idea or advice xxx

    I would like to say THANK YOU again for all your support!!!!!!

    Have a lovely day, take care and be happy, healthy and beautiful !!!

    xxx Monz xxx

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    CZECH:

    Ahoj,

    rada bych vas informovala o tom, jak se to tady na Zelande se mnou vyviji.

    Vcera nam tu buldozer a spousta bagru odvozily ohorele trosky, vse poklidily a uhladili. Tak uz se tu na to alespon nemusime divat a cuchat spaleniny.

    Momental ne hledam misto, kde zacit znovu. Bydleni. Co vam budu povidat, vzhledem k tomu, jake podpory, hezkych zprav a pozitivi energie se mi dostava z domova, z ceska, tak bych nejradsi vratila zpet za vami. Ale par veci mi tomu zabranuje. Mam shorely pas, Corona virus zase nabira na obratkach a asi by to momentalne byla jakasi vnitrni prohra. A utek, protoze neco nedokazu. Chtela bych si SOBE (mami hlavne sobe! ;o) ) a i ostatnim okolo, kteri ted v tom uz jedou se mnou dokazat, ze to zvladnu, ze se nevzdam a poperu se ztakovouhle zivotni lapalii jak nejlepe dovedu.

    Ale domu uz se tesim!!!! Strasne, strasne moc!!!

    Tak uz se s tim virem koukejte vsichni uklidnit, at muzu brzy prijet a se vsemi s vami oslavit spolecne dosazeny HAPPY END!!!!!

    Moc dekuju za veskerou podporu, srdecnost a starost, ktera se mi od vas stale dostava. xxx

    Mejte se zatim hezky, opatrujte se, milujte se a pomahejte si i doma mezi sebou!!!

    Pusu x

    xxx Mondie xxx

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  • List of my GEAR belongings 4

      26 July 2020
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    List of my GEAR belongings 4

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  • List of my GEAR belongings 3

      26 July 2020
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    List of my GEAR belongings 3

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  • List of my GEAR belongings 2

      26 July 2020
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    List of my GEAR belongings 2

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  • List of my GEAR belongings

      26 July 2020
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    Here is a list of my all different sort of GEAR I lost:

    I know it is not a little and looks unbelievable... but who knows me understand and believe me.

    Skies:

    Head race ski 164cm + Marker race binding

    Fisher race ski 184cm + Marker race binding

    Head all mountain twin tips ski 165cm + Marker binding

    Salomon all mountain twin tim ski 168cm + salomon binding

    Ski Poles:

    Leki 125cm + race gloves

    Leki 130cm + swix gloves

    Birki 125cm + race gloves

    Leki Bag

    Snowboards:

    Nitro beast 2018 - 155cm

    Nitro Fate 2019 - 148cm

    Winter gear: Sizes - tops - S/M, bottom women M/L = 6/8, often men S

    Backprotector Slytech M (I think...)

    Goggles meatfly + 1 lense

    Goggles Electra + 2 lenses

    Googles Shred + 4 lenses

    Gloves - Leky 2x, Birki 1x, Swix 1x, Burton 1x

    Snowboard pants - Cactus - awesome new warm pants - men S

    Snb pants Meatfly 2x women 6 and 8

    Winter Jacket - Meatfly women M

    Winter Jacket NordFace women M

    SoftShell Jacket Nord Blanc women S

    Waterproof Jacket Salomoc women S

    2x just a street winter jacket - dont know brands

    All winter clothes - thermals, socks, binnies, long sleave shirts, pants, neck band,head bands,

    sunnies, vests, T-shirts from all diferent ski fields - Ohau, Porterd, Dobson, Cardrona, Broken River,

    Remarks... yea just my wee colection ;o(

    Ski tunning gear:

    I had all my ski&snb tunning gear for lot of $$$- Swix waxing Iron, all to go with edge tunning - sidewall cutter, base edge guide, edge file 89,88,87, files3x, diamonts 3xbase tunning - clearners, brushes.........way way more ;o(

    Wakeboard gear:

    CTRL Wakeboard - Supreme Woodcore (not sure about size 125?) + binding

    Mystic Wakeboard vest M

    Bern water helmet M

    Mystic Wakebag

    Wake skate - home made

    Kitesurfing gear:

    Slingshot Kiteboard 125cm ?I think? + binding

    Ozone Kite 10m + lines + bar + bag

    Ozone Kite 9m + lines + bar + bag

    Ozone air pump

    Mystic Kitesurfing Harness

    Climbing gear:

    Rope 80m

    Quickdraws x16 all sort of different brands, Ocun, Singing rock, Rock Point...

    Carabinas 4x

    Mammut belaying device

    Black Diamond ATC belay/ rappel device

    Mammut harness

    Scarpa climbing boots 1x

    LaSportiva climbing boots 1x

    Mammut chock bag

    prosec, slack, daisy chain, tar polen, bag....

    Boots: size UK7, EU5, EU 38 - 39

    GriSport all leather hiking boots

    Red Band gumboots

    Safety work boots

    Hoka shoes 2x

    Merrell running shoes 2x

    Salomon cross running shoes

    Climbing Sandals

    Adidas slippers

    and lot of other shoes, dont know brand

    Fishing&Tramping gear:

    Mammut Sleeping bag (dont remember size, I am 165cm)

    Sleeping mat

    Fishing rode + all fishing gear box - hooks, baits, knife...

    Fushing&Hunting New Zealand - lot of clothes I bought while sales few weeks ago. Long coat men S totally loved it it, long sleeve jersey kids size, t shirt kids size, socks M,

    Cactus Outdoor Winter - snb pants 1x men S, pants women 2x (size was made on me, so don't know sizing here, but I would be M, 6or8, 12or14)

    GriSport Knife

    Fishing bag

    Tramping Mammut backpack

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    Sizes:

    Feet - UK5, US7, EU 38-39

    T-shirts - S, ski underwear top S bottom M, Snb pants women M or L, 6 or 8, men S

    Pants 12 or 14, 6 or 8, M or L

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    This is all my GEAR lost belongings, I am still working on a list of my private lost belongings as a lap tom, camera 2x, chargers, hard disk, photoes, passport, all work documentation, clothes...

    I have more and more things coming to my miond every day... it's unbelievably how much stuff do I love to do and how much do I need for it

    Thank you for any ind of help xxx

    Keep in touch xxx

    Mon

    Monika Zdarkova

    monika.zdarkova@gmail.com

    0274563337

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    Czech:

    Tady je list meho VYBAVENI, o ktere jsem prisla:

    Vim, ze to neni malo, ze je to az neuveritelne, ale kdo me zna to pochopi a uveri.

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  • List of my PERSONAL belongings

      26 July 2020
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    Personal belongings:

    Passport

    Work documents

    Lap top

    Hard disk

    Canon film camera 2x + Kodak film 8x

    Photo albums with all memories in it

    Big stereo + speakers

    JBL speaker

    Guitar

    Massaging oils, gels, lotions, towels, sheets, blankets

    Jewellery - greenstone pendants, earrings, rings, necklaces

    Big dress collection as I had passion for

    All daily needs - clothes, sanitary, food, books

    Piggy bank - cash money

    I am sure it will be more and more things coming to my mind every day, but these are obviously things which came to my mind as a first ones.

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    Czech:

    List shorelych osobnich veci:

    Pas

    Pracovni dokumenty

    Notebook

    Hard disk

    Canon fotak 2x + Kodak film 8x

    Foto albumy plne vzpomionek

    Stereo + repraky

    JBL reprak

    Kytara

    Masazni oleje, gely, prosteradla, rucniku

    Sperky - greenstony, nausnice, prstynky...

    Moje oblibena a bohata sbirka satu

    Denni vecy - obleceni, boty, hygiena, jidlo, knihy

    Pokladnicka plna penez

    Je mi jasne, ze bude veci pribyvat vice a vice, jak budu vzpominat. Nicmene tohle jsou veci, ktere me napadly jako prvni.

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  • Change of my fundraising goal

      26 July 2020
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    Hello lovely people,

    I am changing goal of my fundraising. I wasn't giving it any attention in a beginning. I had different things to worry about. It wasn't important to me that time. I didn't know that this fundraising could keep going even over the goal, so I just set my goal up super high, which I knew it's never gonna reach or get over. And I don't have to be worry about this fundraising for now. It will just go by it self till it's done, wherever it reached. Now when I know, this fundraising is not going to stop by reaching my goal, I spend some time to look backwards, thought about the fire again, went through my list of burned belongings and have done some searching + calculations. So I know more about my numbers.

    I still haven't find new place to live. I am with my old lady Margaret at her house, till I found something I could afford to be and where I could start to build my new life back up. It will be walk for long journey, but I will get there one day. Especially with all your awesome help and big effort you put in to it with me, which is making everything better and easier every day.

    Thank you for it!!!!

    I put list of my burned belongings down for everyone who is wondering what do I need, what can they help with and what I am starting to build back up again. Of course there is a priority of things I need more and things I need less at the moment. But It's always good to know and remember everything you lost. So you know what you want and also don't want to build back up.

    You never know how useful could be for me, something you are just about to put to rubbish bin. So here I am, recycling buddy, who you could think about before you through something away. xxx

    Thank you xxx

    Have a lovely day

    xxx Monika XXX

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    Czech:

    Ahoj,

    rada bych zmenila vysi cile me sbirky. Kdyz jsem tuhle sbirku startovala, mela jsem jine myslenky a starosti nez se zaobirat tim, jak tahle dotace vlastne funguje. Chtela jsem ji rychle zalozit, rozbehnout a pak uz se o ni na chvili nestarat. Vysi meho sbirkoveho stropu jsem nadsadila velmi vysoko, protoze jsem se obavala, ze kdyz ji nasadim nizko, sbirka nabude do plne vyse a pak se zastavi. V tu dobu jsem vubec nemela cas ani jsem jeste nevedela, kolik $ mi v ohni vlastne shorelo. Tak jsem strom nastrelila, tak vysoko, ze jsem vedela, ze takoveho cisla nikdy nedosahnu, tim padem se nemusim o zastaveni sbirky obavat.

    Konecne mam chvilku casu si sednout, precist si o teto sbirce vic, podivat se jak funguje a zamyslet se nad ni. Sepsala jsem si list veci, ktere mi v ohni shorely, zamyslela se nad veskerymi naklady, ktere budu v nejblizsi dobe z duvodu pozaru mit. Stale jsem nenasla nove bydleni, tak je tezke rict konkretni a konecnou cenu. Nicmene hruby odhad mam.

    Momentalne bydlim stale s moji starou damou Margaret. Nicmene stale hledam bydleni, ktere si mohu momentalne dovolit a kde muzu zacit znovu budovat muj novy zivot. Vim, ze to nebude vse hned zitra. Bude to beh na dlouhou trat, ale ja beham rada a cile meho cile jednou dosahnu. Zvlaste s vasi uzasnou pomoci a neuveritelnym nasazenim, ktere do me zachranne akce davate, je vse lepsi a snadnejsi kazdym dnem.

    Mockrat vam za to dekuji!!!

    Pod clankem prikladam seznam shorelych veci, ktere jsem si do posud povzpominala. Seznam by mohl pomoci vsem, co premysli nad tim, jak by me mohli nejlepe pomoci, co potrebuju a co mi chybi. Samozrejmne jsou ted veci a mensi priority veci, ktere potrebuji. Nicmene je dobre vedet, co vsechno to vlastne bylo, a rada bych vse pomalinku, ale jiste vse vybudovala jednou znovu.

    Nikdy nevite, jak uzitecne by pro me mohlo byt to, co se zrovna chystate vyhodit do popelnice. Zkuste me mit ted par mesicu v pameti jako recyklacniho skritka, ktery rad uzije i to co je pro vas uz neuzitecne.

    Dekuji mnohokrat a brzy se zase ozvu xxx

    xxx Mondie xxx

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  • Help and love is coming from all over the world

      24 July 2020
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    My story got to Wanaka Sun and traveled all over the world till it got to one Czech Newsletters.

    https://sport.aktualne.cz/ostatni-sporty/zimni-sporty/galerie-pozar-monika-zdarkova/r~6ae8c8d2cc3511ea9c800cc47ab5f122/

    Thank you very much to all of you people!!!

    I really appreciate all your kindness, care effort and love. It is hard to put my feeling in to few words. I am so pleased to have you all. It is beautiful... you are!!!

    Love you xxx

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    Czech:

    Wanaka Sun a Aktualne.cz

    https://sport.aktualne.cz/ostatni-sporty/zimni-sporty/galerie-pozar-monika-zdarkova/r~6ae8c8d2cc3511ea9c800cc47ab5f122/

    Muj pribeh obletel svet. Pomoc a laska prichazi ze vsech koutu sveta. Dekuju, dekuju moc. Je velmi tezke popsat, jak se prave citim. Muzu jen rict... je to krasny a hreje to. Dekuju ma mala a krasna zemicko xxx

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  • Thank you for all your clothing you gave me

      23 July 2020
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    Hello,

    Thank you very much for all your clothing you gave me. I think I have almost all daily clothing sorted at the moment.

    Thank you lovely people!!!

    xxx Mon xxx

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    Dekuji za vsechno obleceni, co jsem dostala. Myslim, ze kazdodeniho obleceni mam pro tuto chvili dostatek.

    Dekuji vam dobri lide :o)

    xxx Mondie xxx

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  • Thank you for all your support

      23 July 2020
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    Thank everyone for such a lovely messages, support and all sort of different help. It is so nice to see, how many people and people's thoughts are with you when you really need it.

    It is beautiful to see, that I am not in it on your own. It helps heaps.

    xxx Thank you xxx

    Monz

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    Mnohokrat vsem dekuji za nadherne zpravy, podporu a vseruznou pomoc. Je krasne videt, kolik lidi and myslenek lidi je s vami, kdyz to nejvic potrebujete.

    Je krasne videt, ze v tom nejsem sama. To dost pomaha!!!

    xxx Dekuji xxx

    Mondie

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  • V bezpeci a teple

      20 July 2020

    Ahoj,

    Rada bych Vas informovala o tom, jak se veci maji a jak se vse vyviji.

    Jsem v poradku. Ziva, zdrava, v suchu a teple. Momentale prebyvam u Margaret, 79ti lete pani, o kterou uz se nejakou dobu staram. Jeji stodola a ma mala komurka sice shorely, ale nastesti za bezvetrnostnich podminek se zachranila alespon cela jeji zahrada a dum. Takze ted obe bydlime v jejim dome. Prvni dva dny jsme nemeli elektrinu a vodu. Nicmene sikovni elektrikar Ethan Flynn, nam behem dne postavil nove rozvody a vse mohlo byt zase jako pred tim. Skoro jako pred tim...

    Je neuveritelne, jak jsme v dnesnim svete navykli jen otocit kohoutek a automaticky si nacepovat vodu, splachnout zachod nebo roznout svetlo. Je to az strasidelne jak marni jsme, kdyz to najednou nemame.

    Chtela bych velmi podekovat hasicum z Wanaka, Hawea and Luggate za tvrdou praci. Vsem sousedum a kamaradum za pohotovou reakci. Vsichni okamzite pribehli s plnou naruci dek, obleceni, caje, susenek, celovek, svicek.... a byli tam snami celou noc.

    Dekujeme moc za veskerou pomoc, ktera nam byla zatim poskytnuta.

    Pusu Mondie xox

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  • Safe and warm

      19 July 2020

    As a wee update, how are we doing up here in Hawea Flat, New Zealand. I would like to let everyone know, I am safe and warm. Staying with my old lady Margaret at her house in Hawea Flat, which luckily survived. Except melted water tangs and burned power box, which took the power and water from us for that night and next day, we are really lucky that Margaret's house, just cross the road is still there.

    And it would not be If Fire Emergency New Zealand, Wanaka fireman, Hawea fireman would not come so fast and sort it out here. Ehara koe i a ia!

    I would also like to thank to all our neighbours, little community of lovely people in Hawea Flat and friends, who came immediately. Were here with us to calm us down, to give us some water, light and hope it all will be alright. Thank you for all your kidness, care, clothes, food and big help.

    I would also like to thanks heaps to great sparky Ethan Flynn - EJ Electrical LTD, who left everything behind and came straight away, set up totally new power box, which gave our power and water back to us in few hours. To be honest, it's quiet scary to realize how used to we are splashing toalets, water coming out of tap and switching power on and off anytime we want to. And we don't realize till we loose it. Thank you!!!

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