Jacob West - Winner !
Final Blog No.2
Well I just had to come back after seeing the awesome comments that have been posted on my page today. Very, very cool, and I'm feeling pretty lucky right now with all the support which I've received. This has been amazing!! Again good luck to everyone and again thanks Marmite! And Mum...... love you tonnes!!
Auckland Airport, December 2010
Marmite puts 100 Kiwis back where they belong on Kiwi soil. Well there are still a couple of hours to go so why not add another pic?! Last one from Jacob, Cheers everyone!
1 November 10 at 12:00am
1401st vote from me Jake!! With 2 minutes till the competition ends. You and Karen deserve this trip more than anything, all the effort put in - from Rachels comment - from you and your mum is hard to beat and even though I couldn't physically be apart of it except from voting, I wish you all the best!!!
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1 November 10 at 12:00am
1401st vote from me Jake!! With 2 minutes till the competition ends. You and Karen deserve this trip more than anything, all the effort put in - from Rachels comment - from you and your mum is hard to beat and even though I couldn't physically be apart of it except from voting, I wish you all the best!!!
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1 November 10 at 12:00am
1401st vote from me Jake!! With 2 minutes till the competition ends. You and Karen deserve this trip more than anything, all the effort put in - from Rachels comment - from you and your mum is hard to beat and even though I couldn't physically be apart of it except from voting, I wish you all the best!!!
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Marmite
What this competition is all about. New Zealand's favourite Spread!! And a most attractive pic it is too, thanks to Rachel who has been helping Mum get some awesome shots throughout this comp. Cheers Rachel and Cheers Marmite!
31 October 10 at 4:01pm
No worries Jake, hope the photos help get you home! Well, on top of the enormous effort your mum has put in, that is. (see next comment)
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31 October 10 at 4:02pm
Dear Marmite - Karen has been dedicated to this cause from the get-go. The photos do not completely do the effort she has put in justice. The photos only show the final work, but what they don't show are the countless hours of labour put in beforehand. This is, by far, not the only reason why Jake should win flights to come home for Christmas, but it is one of the most deserving reasons. Watching Karen's endeavours to win her son a trip home has been uplifting for me - there is nothing more powerful than a mother's love for her child. Whilst the trip home won't last long for Karen's golden son - as Robert Lee Frost says: "nothing gold can stay" - the memories shared over a Christmas at home for once, will be, forever, entrenched in the hearts of the West family. This is what Jake deserves, this is what Karen deserves, this is what the wider West family deserve, for all of their efforts. So, please Marmite, send Jake home for Christmas! ps: I could write a novel!
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31 October 10 at 5:32pm
Our last 2 votes of the comp & ALL THE BEST for that seat back to godzone - you & your Mum certainly deserve it & I hope we get to say cheers with a xmas drink - Claire & Neill
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I want to go home!
My last pic from Oregon, and actually from this apartment, moving day tomorrow, ugh. The next time I am packing I hope it will mean that I am heading for PDX. Please Marmite Flight Control, what could be better than Christmas at home?!
31 October 10 at 9:00pm
Nothing! Good luck Jake. See you in Stokes Valley. x
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Family & Felines Finale Foto
Marmite, they are all just too far away!!! Uncle Steve, Aunty Claire, Mitchell & Dylan, Andy & Mandy, and Mum & Granny. I love you all so much!!
Marmite Ma signing off......
or maybe just one more appearance at the Airport?
31 October 10 at 12:45pm
All the very best Jacob! Thanks for your support! take care :)
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31 October 10 at 12:49pm
11 hours left in this competition and I was starting to think it was going to take me that long just to give you my vote today Jake! #1379 from Mum, and yes Marmite Ma is signing off from this incredible competition and now I am hoping with all my heart that I will soon see you at Wellington Airport, OMG tears are flowing already but you know me, I'm such a sook. But events of late mean that more than ever I need to see you here at home so I can spoil you rotten, and of course most importantly, feed you!!! Thanks so much to everybody, family, friends, other entrants, friends & family of other entrants, we couldn't have done this without all of you throwing your support Jake's way. It means more than I can say. So I wish everyone luck in getting home, and MARMITE please give my son a seat, actually he wouldn't even mind standing, as long as it got him home. Love you Jake, soooo much!!! x x x x x x x x x
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31 October 10 at 1:09pm
Aww your Mum is soo sweet! Good luck Jake, you've put a massive (and every entertaining) effort into this! Hope you get to enjoy a Kiwi Christmas this summer! 8D
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Pies & Hugs & My Final Marmite Blog
Hi everyone......so Mum sends me Marmite, no prob, but Mince n Cheese Pies don't travel so well, and I'm hungry!!!
How can I adequately thank everyone for all the votes, comments, pics, kindness, love and support? You are all amazing and if it gets me home this Christmas it will mean everything to me. It's been awesome, or perhaps 'choice' is a better word, maybe I should be brushing up on the Kiwi Lingo? I have 'met' so many cool people through this comp and hope that I can meet up with some of you sometime either in NZ or here in the USA. Leah, you are just over the border, Pippa, you are just up the road, Bronny, might see you in San Diego one day, Kylie, book me in for dinner ( please! ), and Lisa, let's hope we can have a drink in the Hardware Bar soon! You've run an incredible competition Marmite, created your own little unique social network. Bringing Kiwis together and bringing them home. Great to see everyone supporting Nick, and I sure hope he gets to go home. Mum, maybe now you can get some sleep and can stop carting around your camera & a jar of Marmite, not to mention the Marmite frame. And then there's been the standard question for everyone, everyday....have you voted yet??? Thanks for always being there for me, been some tough times lately but hopefully we will come through OK and to see you and everyone at Christmas would at least end the year on a high. So please Marmite, I need Pies & Hugs & a ride home!! Thanks everyone, I love you all & hope to see you soon! Love Jake x x
31 October 10 at 11:43am
#1374 - Hope you make it Jake, you deserve it!!! :)
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31 October 10 at 12:28pm
#1376. Last vote from me! Good luck Jake :)
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31 October 10 at 12:37pm
Best of luck with everything Jake - your page has been brilliant and I wish you all the very best, take care x
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Happy Birthday Marmite!
Celebrating 100 years in New Zealand with 100 Cupcakes, Mum has been busy in the kitchen again, yum!!
30 October 10 at 10:25pm
Your Mum has been busy! One more from Kirsty's Mum for you
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Support Crew
Here are some of my Wellington Support Crew. Of course there are many others who did manage to avoid the Marmite Frame ( lucky escape ) but to those who were brave enough, Cheers!!!!
30 October 10 at 4:56pm
Hi Marmite - this has been a great competition and we all hope Jake is one of the lucky ones who gets a flight home to see his mum, granny, aunt and uncle, all his friends and all the rest of us who are proud to have Karen as a friend and Jake as an honorary nephew! All the contestants have been great and the pages have been fab – it’s been great voting and seeing new pictures and the wonderful ideas people have come up with all revolving around MARMITE. We think Jake has done a great job with the help of his mum and lots of other people who have come up with great ideas, MARMITE you will have great advertising material for the next 100 years – so Happy 100th Birthday! We hope to see you soon Jake! Love Janice, Mark and Thomas.
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30 October 10 at 6:41pm
another 1 from me Jake - c'me on Marmite - please send him home, pretty please??
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30 October 10 at 8:51pm
1356 from me! Just been sampling some of your mum's cupcakes... Mhmmmmm delicious. Just you wait for the photo I took of the set-up!
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The Marmite Christmas Tree
Some extra special decorations are on the tree this year for a hopefully extra special Christmas. And as always my 'work of art' star which I think I made when I was about 5. Looks great, thanks Mum!
30 October 10 at 8:50am
Cool tree, and one cool page Jake. It has been wonderful finding out bits about you and meeting your Mum, who is really special as you know, good luck 1342 is yours. Hoping we all can meet up in December, Hardware Bar is callling... Lisa's Mum
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30 October 10 at 9:04am
#1343 is my penultimate vote. Hi Jake! Well what a crazy time this comp has been and now it's nearly all over. I will miss it but not nearly as much as I miss you every day!!!! It will be incredible if you do get a Marmite flight won't it, we have to just keep hoping!!! Love you tonnes, Mum x x x x x
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30 October 10 at 9:13am
Granny here, 1345 from me, this competition really has been wonderful and if it results in you coming home well that would be even more wonderful!!! Love you! x x x
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'Crackers' with Marmite
It would be a Cracker Christmas if Marmite gave me a ride home!
30 October 10 at 6:35am
It sure would be a CRACKER CHRISTMAS if we all got home!!!!!
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30 October 10 at 9:16am
Thanks for Lisa McLeans support. Good Luck with the final few days
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Christmas Past
Here I am, slightly shorter, sharing Christmas with my cousins Mitchell & Dylan and Jack & Billy. Will this Christmas be as much fun? Please send me home Marmite!!
29 October 10 at 6:43pm
What a fun page of photos...I hope you get to enjoy another dose of such family-ness in two months time. I have enjoyed watching your page grow .... It is wonderful to admire the creativity spread all over the marmite pages and see the support everyone is giving out.. true kiwi stuff!. Thank-you to you and your supporters for your part in making the comp so much fun for all. Life will be different next week eh! THANKS from one of Leah's sisters
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29 October 10 at 6:51pm
Hi Jane, thank you so much! I am actually about to pop over to Leah's page to give her a vote today. This competition has been awesome hasn't it and I have 'met' some fantastic Kiwis!! I am so hoping I get to go home and I hope Leah does too, she has been an amazing part of all this and so supportive to me and a lot of other people. Cheers Jane!
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Oh Granny, look how you've changed since I've been away!
Good thing you sent me a pic otherwise if I do get to come home I might not have recognized you at the airport. Have you done something different with your hair?
29 October 10 at 1:24pm
Sorry Jake....Marmite page not fast enough for Jo Jo tonight!
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29 October 10 at 3:49pm
Hey Jake, End of my day here and checking in to say Hi to you, Karen & Grannies!....The site seems to be real busy so wanted to take the opportunity to THANK YOU now for all your wonderful support!.... mwah :) xx
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30 October 10 at 1:10am
#1328. Good Luck mate. From the (Brunette) Vicki Evans whanau.
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Christmas wrapping paper?
Mum's idea for wrapping up your Christmas presents this year.
29 October 10 at 11:27am
GREAT IDEA !!!!!! WORTH A VOTE jACOB, GOOD LUCK!!!!!!
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And now for some herbs!
Marmite keeps you in mint condition!
29 October 10 at 7:13am
not bad. I might add a few mint leaves to my next cup of hot marmite. You could be on to something here.
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Number one!
And incidentally I am not small enough to fit in an envelope so please help me get home this Christmas!
Part III: Merry Christmas Marmite!
Hey Marmite Santa, you want to bring how many Kiwis back to New Zealand? The day we are all hoping and wishing for, getting to spend a lovely summer Christmas back home, eating some pav, spending time on the beach, pulling Christmas crackers and hugging our loved ones! Please Marmite, make my Christmas wish come true!
27 October 10 at 1:06pm
1247, Cheers Jake, if you get home we might have to arrange some games at Maungaraki Tennis Club!!
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27 October 10 at 5:34pm
Excellent post, another vote from Angela Smith's team. Hope you get home to see your Granny!
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27 October 10 at 7:40pm
#1256 from Emily Lauders' mum, hope you get home for Santa and Christmas, your mum and Granny have put so much effort in and really deserve to see you home.
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Part II: Happy Halloween Marmite
It's the Marmite mummy, she is rather batty! And a special day this will be - marking the end of the coolest competition out there. Good luck to all those who have entered. I have seen some awesome entries in the competition so far. It just goes to show how much we all love and miss our friends and families back home in New Zealand!
Part I: Happy Birthday Marmite!
These next few posts are what I like to call the '3 excuses to party' series. Naturally Marmite is the center of attention.
27 October 10 at 8:24am
Wouldn't mind looking this sprightly at 100, better keep eating Marmite, it's obviously the key!!
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Marmite - Keeping Kiwis powered up since 1910
It's shockingly good!
Two Kiwi Classics... (and a little artistic license)
I'm sure my mother's generation would understand this picture. I've been told it's called a record and you put them on turntables... Interesting conept. Haha, I jest! Love you Mum, you're not that old!
26 October 10 at 7:48pm
HUh!! wasn't that "bread rolls"? One from Leah's crew
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What's on everyone's mind right now?
Marmite of course! Keeping young Kiwi brains strong since 1910!
27 October 10 at 10:16am
Hard to think about anything else right now except getting all our Kiwis back home!!!
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Percy the Pukeko
Just chilling up on the roof enjoying some Marmite. Might need to take a look at that broken leg though... Remember Percy, Marmite makes you stronger!
26 October 10 at 7:30am
Great pic .. love it .. anotner vote from the Kevin Newton support team :)
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26 October 10 at 8:28am
Our daily votes are in from Claire & Neil & sending lots of luck your way
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26 October 10 at 10:10am
1188 from Granny, hi Jake, missing you and begging Marmite to please bring you home for some much needed family time!! Love you!! x x x x x
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Manuka honey?
... How about Manuka Marmite!
Time for a poem...
My awesome mum wrote this poem, she is the best!!!!!!
25 October 10 at 12:52pm
Hey Jake, 1160, going great, good luck!!!!
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25 October 10 at 3:05pm
great poem . A vote from the brunette Vicki Evans' support crew.
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25 October 10 at 4:54pm
Vote 1167 from Leah Swan's sister. Good luck.
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Once a Marmite kid, always a Marmite kid!
Pretty sure I would have the same reaction as this face right now if I was one of the lucky 100!
100 Suitcases for 100 Kiwis on 100 flights
Could one of them please be mine Marmite?!?
24 October 10 at 9:29am
I pick the one that holds the most Marmite!! :)
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Just trying to make a point!
You'll always be heading in the right direction with Marmite, and hopefully I'll be heading home!
24 October 10 at 9:34pm
I see where you're going with this! nice post. Don't worry, I have a feeling that marmite can see your point too.
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100% vegetarian
Granny's Garden full of goodness, just like Marmite!
24 October 10 at 7:07pm
Growing a good crop in hopeful preparation of your attendance at the dinner table in the not so distant future? Might make a ( nice? ) change from campus food. ((o:
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24 October 10 at 9:33pm
Loving the silverbeet! That stuff is amazing. It grows so well even in the harsh conditions of a Freiburg winter. Also loving the vegetarian/vegan aspect of Marmite. Good work Jake and Karen. Any photo with vegetables is a fave of mine.
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25 October 10 at 6:25am
As a vege myself I am more than thrilled that marmite promotes itself as 100% vegetarian too... good pic!
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Not only Twilight, Team Jacob in the real sense!
My huge fans Claire and Neill made this for me and I think it is pretty awesome! Thanks for all the support!
Celebrating 1,000 votes with my favorite meal, the Figgwich!
I used to work at a cafe in Petone, NZ called Cafe Figg. My awesome two bosses, Graeme and Robyn (Aunty and Uncle #1) showed me how to make some pretty tasty treats while working there, but this one has stuck with me and I thought I would document it. It's my favourite thing to eat when I'm getting a little homesick! Ingredients: SANITARIUM MARMITE, three pieces of bread, butter, Watties tomato sauce, cheddar cheese, Method: Butter the appropriate sides of the bread, as you would a normal toasted sandwich, or as they like to call it in the USA, a "cheesy griller." Here's how the layers work... With the buttered bread starting at the bottom, it then goes tomato sauce, cheese, Marmite, bread, tomato sauce, cheese, Marmite, buttered bread. With that in mind, place on a fry pan and let the magic happen. I am eating it right now and trying to type at the same time. It's delicious! Try it and let me know what you think. The original Figgwich! p.s. Big shout out to the Wellington Hurricanes! Hope you like the shirt! p.p.s. Thank you sooooooooo much for all of the votes coming in. I was so excited to see my votes hit the 1,000 mark earlier today!!! And thanks to my awesome mother for being the 1,000th vote, I knew she stayed up past her bedtime to be the one!
23 October 10 at 4:38pm
Vote #1107. From the Mark Brewer support team. Hope you get home!
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23 October 10 at 9:56pm
vote 1116 from me Jake - you look great but it would be even better to see you in person xx
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Kiwis CAN fly!
My mum got me this awesome present for my wall when she was In Oregon last and I couldn't agree with it more. Moving away from home was hard but we in this competition have all done it and I feel as though I can speak for everyone that it has certainly been an experience! Hopefully this Kiwi sitting at his laptop will be one of the lucky 100 this Christmas. I'm sure Marmite can fly too, at least in my carry-on luggage!
21 October 10 at 12:49pm
Fly Home Jacob....please take our girl Jo Scott with you!!! Here is another vote for you from her support crew!
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Ring ring, hello Marmite, please send me home!
Hopefully this Christmas I will be able to see my family in person because there is nothing quite like Christmas Day at home. Fingers crossed the only people I will be calling on the 25th will be my friends back in Oregon!
20 October 10 at 8:26pm
Thanks so much Kathleen!!! Hopefully Marmite will answer my call!
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20 October 10 at 8:48pm
I reckon that phone might be from 1910 too, haven't they discovered cordless in Oregon yet?? Pretty great to see your gorgeous face on here Jake, luv u!!! x x x
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The Hutt City New World Shopping Expedition
If Marmite gets me home for Christmas I can take a plentiful supply back to Oregon!!!!
20 October 10 at 8:05am
A vote from the Kevin Newton support whanau :)
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20 October 10 at 1:04pm
Good luck Jacob, another vote from the Jo (Donaldson) Scott camp!
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20 October 10 at 8:27pm
Thank you for all of the awesome comments you are posting. The support has been tremendous so far and I hope all of you who are trying to get other people home see them this Christmas too!!!!
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Marmite found a new frond!
My mum is very creative in sending me some of these sweet pictures! The Marmite wasn't even photoshopped in. Surprisingly not windy in Wellington for a change I guess!
19 October 10 at 8:51pm
.....and we've sure found a whole bunch of new friends whilst taking part in this great competition, thanks Marmite!!
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Marmite rocks!
And so would seeing my family this Christmas!!!
19 October 10 at 12:36pm
And Christchurch continues to be rocked too....another big aftershock this morning. So a big hi to my friends down there, Tania, Tyler and Caleb, also Jo ( Figg Aunty No. 2 ) and all your family. Thinking about you guys and hope the shaking stops soon!!
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Stunning... And the view is beautiful too!
My mum sent me this photo taken with Lowry Bay and Wellington harbour in the background,
19 October 10 at 4:43pm
Looks like Mar mite have found a great view.
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Of gorse we love Marmite!
And of gorse I would love for you all to keep voting!
20 October 10 at 6:52am
LOL!! Worth a vote alone!! From Team O'Connor
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3 chairs for Marmite!
Hip Hooray, Hip Hooray, Hip Hooray.........but I just need one seat, PLEASE Marmite'!!!!!!!!!
Mums united!
... Not a political party but votes are good! I love how this competition has brought Kiwis from around the world together. Lisa McLean is also trying to get back to Wellington this Christmas so please send some votes her way. Both of our mums got together for some awesome Marmite pics! Hopefully if we both get to go home me and Lisa can take one too!
18 October 10 at 8:13pm
Here's one back at ya #956. We have been dropping the votes in. Thanks for supporting Mark Brewer, you have a great page and I really hope you get on that marmite plane. From Marks Mum
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18 October 10 at 11:41pm
Thanks for voting for Marc Green. Here's one back for you.
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19 October 10 at 12:02am
Jake Vote#966 from me - they just keep on coming and so's Xmas!!
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Happy Birthday Marmite!
Hope you got a letter from the Queen!
18 October 10 at 6:48am
This is the same Island we are trying to vote Jo Scott back to....how will you all fit, its tiny! you got my extra vote today!
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Not only do I have support from the Kiwis, but also the Scots!
Thanks Loretta and Kathy!
17 October 10 at 7:01pm
Yes we are all hoping marmite will send you home for Christmas Jake. Good luck
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17 October 10 at 8:47pm
Hi Loretta, thanks so much for your votes, and for this pic, I just love it! I'm sure Marmite would be very beneficial in supplying the necessary strength for playing the bagpipes, all that Iron & the B Vitamins to help power up the lungs!!
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Every'body' needs Marmite!
... To keep you strong and healthy like this Marmite bloke right here. Getting close to 900 votes, you are all incredible and I appreciate the support sooooooooo much! I'm sure my family back home are pretty stoked about it too!
17 October 10 at 1:42pm
Kia Ora to you and your whanau for voting for my sister Emily Lauder x
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17 October 10 at 1:52pm
Hey Jake! I'm sitting at the table doing assignments eating marmite toast and thought of you! We vote everyday....sooo hoping you get home to us! Miss you xo
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My manic Marmite mother!
She wants me to get home so bad that she has become Marmite Superwoman! If only her special powers allowed me to come back home... Please let me be one of the lucky 100 for Christmas!
16 October 10 at 9:55am
I knew Karen was supermum. This is a side of herself that she has kept hidden until now.
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16 October 10 at 5:39pm
Karen why didn't you wear this outfit for our 1st meeting. It's super, Jake you have an awesome Mum, vote 875 coming your way. (Lisa's Mum)
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16 October 10 at 5:51pm
.....bit too windy today for the Marmite skirt, ha ha!!! Great to meet you today Jeanette, I'll be popping over to Lisa's page now to give her a vote.
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I may be in America, but I can still talk like a Kiwi!
It might take some adjusting to when I get home after being in the USA for so long, but I'm sure my Kiwi accent will be much thicker by the time I head back to Oregon! CHOICE!
16 October 10 at 8:07am
I like this! And your page is great, Best wishes for a trip home to NZ. Vote 861 here mate!
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17 October 10 at 12:23am
Jo told me to vote for you-actually voting for mom!!!
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So I was doing the Crossword this morning while I was eating my Marmite toast...
... And Marmite seemed to be the theme of the crossword, regardless of all the Marmitey thumbprints on it!
15 October 10 at 2:46pm
What a great crossword - you are soooo clever!
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A little piece of Kiwiana in Oregon
In 2005 I came over to the USA on a high school exchange. Here is a picture my host mother took from her home in Independence, Oregon. It's not often you will see a tuatara and a framed Marmite label on the same wall!
15 October 10 at 9:08am
Not far from you 1000th vote - CHOICE !!!...we'll all keep them coming
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15 October 10 at 10:39am
Hi Jacob, thanks to your supporters voting for my friend Vicki Evans (brunette one).. here is a vote for you :)
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15 October 10 at 12:31pm
821 from Granny with a big hug to go with it x x x x
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All great 'Cooks' use Marmite
This picture was taken last week by one of my Mum's friends on a flight to Queenstown last Friday!
14 October 10 at 7:01am
Beautiful Mt Cook................and yes all great 'Cooks' have Marmite on their top shelf!! Another big thank you to everyone who is voting, awesome!! Luv u Jake!!
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My support crew back home!
Wow I didn't realize that people were rallying so hard to get me back. Even protests outside of the Beehive in Wellington! Marmite, please bring me home this Christmas!!!!
13 October 10 at 9:20pm
760 from Granny for you Jacob, hope you're not working too hard over there, look after yourself, lots of love x x x
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14 October 10 at 3:23am
Thanks to all who have been voting!!!! I can't believe I'm getting towards the 800 mark!
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14 October 10 at 1:38pm
Am friend of Lisa's Mum. She said you were wanting to get home to the Valley. You have my vote.
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Who needs a pot of gold when you have Marmite!
The best spread in the land!
12 October 10 at 1:02pm
707!! I will post marmite/tuatara pic to you on facebook!
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13 October 10 at 5:00am
Haha very clever Jake. Rather fitting we see a tonne of these cause it rains soooooo much in Oregon. Here's a vote so that you dont have to spend a wet, cold, and rainy Christmas in Oregon :)
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14 October 10 at 3:24am
Haha thanks! I thought it rained a lot back home until I moved over to the rain capital of the world haha!
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My mad Marmite mates!
Here are some friends from back home in New Zealand enjoying some Marmite toast in a Marmite frame! Love all the support!!!!! You guys are the best :)
11 October 10 at 8:29pm
Love the photo you marmite chicks. Another vote from me! Love the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.....
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11 October 10 at 11:58pm
Haha awesome photo! I should be there too. Anytime Karen (and Jake!). ciaooo from bella italia!
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12 October 10 at 12:58am
This is very cool!! What great friends you have helping you out. All the very best :)
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Marmite - the timeless spread!
Came across this ad from a 1930s newspaper. Thought it was pretty cool! The container may have changed, but Marmite is still the same delicious taste!
11 October 10 at 10:21am
Hey Jake, Number 660 from me, with a big hug to go with it!! Thanks so much to everyone who is voting, we really do appreciate your support, sending hugs out to all of you as well, x x x
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11 October 10 at 3:54pm
THERE ONCE WAS A LADY CALLED KAREN, AND JAKE, HE WAS HER SON - THEY LIVED IN GOOD OLD NEW ZEALAND, FOR TIMES OF LAUGHTER AND FUN. BECAUSE KAREN WAS SO CLEVER, AND USED TO DOING ALL THINGS RIGHT - SHE INTRODUCED YOUNG JAKE, TO THE GOODNESS OF MARMITE. WITH LOTS OF MARMITE INSIDE, JAKE GREW UP BIG AND STRONG - NOTHING THAT'S THIS TASTY COULD BE GONE WITHOUT FOR LONG. AS JAKE STARTED TO GET OLDER, WITH A WHOLE WIDE WORLD TO SEE - HE SET OUT ONE BRIGHT SUNNY DAY, ON HIS BIG AMERICAN "OE". ITS JUST BEEN FAR TOO LONG NOW, SINCE JAKE LAST SAW HIS MUM - SOMETIMES THIS LEAVES THEM BOTH FEELING A TINY WEE BIT GLUM. SO MARMITE PLEASE, HEAR WHAT WE SAY - AND SEND JAKE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS DAY.
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11 October 10 at 7:15pm
oh great stuff Tania, and I don't know how you find the time, heard things at work are a bit frantic at the moment?.........Cheers! Jake and I really appreciate the support!!!!!
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22 years and counting!
Pretty sure Marmite runs in my blood now. Here is a pic of me when I was 3 at Raglan Beach up north in New Zealand. Naturally I am enjoying a delicious Marmite sandwich! Loving the outfit, thanks Mum :)
10 October 10 at 11:12am
How can I not vote for that little kiwi boy "slip, slop, slap" in the Kiwi Sun!
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10 October 10 at 6:41pm
I used to love the 'slip, slop, slap' ads Jo....Thanks for the memories!.... great pic Jacob!
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Some classic Kiwiana!
Loved this book as a kid!
10 October 10 at 11:10am
I know those books off by heart and so do my kids!
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10 October 10 at 6:03pm
Sometimes I forget that Americans never grew up with it. I can't imagine my childhood without Hairy Maclary and Slinky Malinky!
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10 October 10 at 11:31pm
Hi Jake I am Jo Scotts sister and I have that same little Hairy Maclary dog. I am now teaching the Aussie kids the joys of these kiwi greats. Cheers Adrienne (a vote coming your way!)
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Marmite across the globe.
My buddy from high school, Kayla, made this for me. Thanks so much for all the support in getting me home for Christmas this year everyone!
Any time is Marmite time!
For brekkie, lunch or dinner!
Jumping for joy!
This would be my reaction if I were to be one of the lucky 100 people heading home this Christmas. Please please please please please Marmite!
9 October 10 at 6:11am
The Joy.... Here's a vote from Leah's friend. Good Luck!
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9 October 10 at 9:04pm
Hi Karen, it would be amazing if both of kids could come home for Christmas. I think it is a great idea getting together for a Marmite pic. my email address is jeanette.mclean5@gmail.com
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One class act!
Lights, camera, action. Cue Marmite!
7 October 10 at 3:19pm
Marmite in the spotlight, very apt!!! Marmite definitely has the X Factor ( & the B vitamins!! )
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Look Mum, Marmite made me this big!!!
Keeping Kiwis strong since 1910!
7 October 10 at 10:11am
Oh my goodness Jake, look how tall you are!! Will you fit on the plane if MARMITE does fly you home?? Thanks Marmite for helping to build big, strong Kiwis, couldn't have done it without you!!!
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Love the snow but I want my summer Christmas!
Here is what the University of Oregon campus looks like in the winter time. I really miss heading out to the beach on Christmas Day with the family and spending time out in the sun. The weather has already started getting pretty cold here. I even miss getting my Christmas sunburns!
Destined to be best friends!
My beautiful best friend Whitney Highfield (also pictured a few posts earlier in our football garb) grew up in Reno, NV. We didn't know each other until three years ago, but in sixth grade she dressed up as a kiwi when she was at Roy Gomm Elementary School! I'm not gonna lie, a lot of Americans have never heard of a kiwi, but this wonderful girl certainly knew! I just about fell off my chair in laughter when I saw the photo, but how cool is that?!?!
7 October 10 at 7:02am
Hey Jacob, sending a vote your way today all thanks to your awesome Mum!! Good luck getting home :)
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7 October 10 at 7:19am
hi Jake - your mum & I had a laugh on Saturday & the pics look great. will keep the daily votes coming in & good luck with getting back to a good kiwi summer & xmas tucker!
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7 October 10 at 10:20am
Whitney why have you never made me one of those delicious sounding kiwi treats??? Thanks for the vote, Vicki, I really appreciate it. And Claire, Mum told me you two had a great time taking photos, wish I was there. Maybe I will be in a few months. Fingers crossed!
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Marmite - Outstanding in its field!
Just going along right now with a theme of some fun Marmite photos. Hey, maybe Marmite could give me a job in the ads department too :) Thanks for the votes!
6 October 10 at 7:14pm
BAHAHAHAHA Jake this is classic! Voting for you lots and lots :)
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Marmite 'sand'wiches on the beach!
Nothing quite like Christmas in the summertime!
6 October 10 at 2:47pm
You may be a kiwi, and I may be German. But I really want to try Marmite now. I'm curious as to the taste of it. I really hope you get this Jacob. We went to school together a long time ago but you're still awesome :)
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So close to 400 votes!
Please keep the votes coming to fly this Kiwi home! It has been two long years since I have been able to bask in the New Zealand summer sun!
6 October 10 at 12:17pm
Such a cute little Kiwi, and this one with the beak is pretty cute too!!! Ha Ha, great pic Jake, let's hope you will be basking in the NZ summer sun soon ( with sunblock on of course )!!! x x x x x
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6 October 10 at 2:48pm
Can I have a Kiwi for Christmas? Oh please I'll take care of it.
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6 October 10 at 4:26pm
I have always wished I could be a Kiwi, I even dressed up as one in 6th grade. Kiwis rock and so do you Jake!
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What I do in Eugene...
I would never be able to start my day at work without my morning ritual of Marmite toast. After my daily serving of vitamin B complex, B12 and iron I am ready to go. I am currently working here in Eugene at the Oregon Daily Emerald as a designer. I found a page that I designed last year that has Wellington colors in it so I thought it would be an appropriate one to post. You should all check out the site for the paper - www.dailyemerald.com
He wants Marmite as much as I do!
My gorgeous cat, Andy, back home in Naw Zealand loves Marmite. I miss my cats! Too cute!
6 October 10 at 10:18am
Great photos - go you marmite kid!! I know you have been busy with uni but you are doing a great job with this as well. We are all keen to have you back in Wellington for Christmas. xx
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6 October 10 at 11:31am
Good luck getting back home man! I'm loving it in New Zealand...wish I could stay longer...
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6 October 10 at 11:38am
Thanks for continuing to vote everyone!!!! I will keep trying to put up some cool Marmite photos! Just got some in the mail today from NZ so I am super stoked! Eddie, glad you are having a good time there!!!!
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A long way from home.
Let me preface this one by saying that the Pacific Ocean is big. Like really big. In fact, I am 7,048 miles away from my home right now and I would love to see that number disappear this Christmas so that I can see my friends and family that I haven't seen in years. Unfortunately, as you can see in the pic, my mother's eyesight isn't quite good enough to see me on the west coast of the USA from New Zealand, so I would love to keep getting all of your votes to help me get home and see her for Christmas! I'm sure she would be pretty stoked about it too! Cheers everyone!
5 October 10 at 7:49pm
Stop making me cry Jacob...............actually what I am upset about is my head, I think I need a haircut, looks like there is a small animal stuck to the back of my noggin!! Oh dear, I promise to get a mop chop Jake if you get a ticket home, wouldn't want to embarrass you.......mind you it wouldn't be the first time, ha ha!! x x x
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6 October 10 at 4:46am
Awesome! Hope you two get together for Christmas!!
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I knew I liked Marmite from a very young age :)
Found the cheese grater! Now I just have to get the Marmite and bread and I've got myself the best Kiwi meal ever!
7 October 10 at 8:20am
You used to love getting in the cupboards and getting everything out. Banging on pots and generally making as much noise as possible, yep fun days ( & messy ones too )!!
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A look towards the future?
I have dreamed of seeing this view again for a long time now, and hopefully in a few months it will be possible! Go Wellington!
5 October 10 at 3:18pm
.....and we're all dreaming of seeing you again Jake and who knows, maybe you'll be touching down at Wellington Airport in a couple of months, oops, tears, just the thought gets me going!! Love you tonnes!! xoxoxoxoxox
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Marmite makes you feel on top of the world!
And I think I can speak for everyone in the competition that it is pretty awesome they're sending 100 of us Kiwis home this Christmas!
I don't have wings, Marmite...
So PLEASE fly me home!
Go Ducks!
Here is a picture of me and my best friend Whitney at last weekend's football game. The University of Oregon Ducks beat out Stanford University 52-31 and we're now ranked #3 in the nation which is AWESOME! Notice how we are both wearing Wellington colors too? Almost like going to a Hurricanes or Lions game! If I get to go home this Christmas I would love to go to a rugby game at Westpac Stadium. It has been so long since I have been able to do so! Whitney has been awesome in helping me get votes for this competition and I couldn't thank her more!!!!
5 October 10 at 3:13pm
Great to see you on here Laurel!! Marmite in curry, haven't tried that but sounds great, could be good in the Butter Chicken Jake!! Thanks Laurel!
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5 October 10 at 3:15pm
Hey Whitney, I think that's a great idea, come down this way for a Summer Christmas, we'd love to see you!!!!!! And cheers for being such a great friend to Jake, you are amazing!!!!!
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6 October 10 at 11:39am
Whitney can be my carry-on luggage for the plane. She has already agreed to it!
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Happy 100th Birthday, Marmite!!!!
A true Kiwi original!
5 October 10 at 5:32am
Awesome, thanks Vicki, you've got a vote from me too! All the best for getting back this Christmas! Isn't this competition great? So cool to see that even though the Kiwis are all spread all over the world, we still love New Zealand to bits!
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5 October 10 at 9:26am
One vote closer to hugging your Mum!
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5 October 10 at 10:31am
Oh thanks Jacob!! All the best to you too. Yup I completely agree, it's a great competition - makes me miss what NZ's all about even more!
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Some true Kiwiana!
Gotta love it!
4 October 10 at 6:39pm
......so that would make you probably the oldest student ever at the University of Oregon, hope you're not still there when you're 70!!!!!!!!! Still luv ya even though you are extremely mean!!! ((o:
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5 October 10 at 12:31am
We used to get milk delivered in bottles at Canterbury uni... I think the milk tastes better that way!
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10 October 10 at 11:46pm
Ha ha ....I USED to be the milk girl that delivered milk in bottles to your letterbox in Christchurch! That is until I crashed my milk trolley. I reckon the milk tasted better in bottles too.....mmmmm. After school snack, marmite and cheese toasties and a glass (or in my brothers case a bottle) of milk
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Gotta bring your Marmite everywhere!
Definitely took living right on the coast for granted growing up in New Zealand. I miss it!
5 October 10 at 12:31am
So do I! I think the last time I saw the sea was over a year ago. Best of luck with the comp, hope you get to go home. You have my vote for today :)
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6 October 10 at 11:40am
I'm in Oregon so I am still on the west coast, but it is at least an hour to the coast. So weird after growing up being able to see the ocean from my house!
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Longest place name in the world! And it's in NZ!
I give a lot of presentations around the Eugene community about New Zealand and after mentioning this place name so many times I have finally been able to memorize the entire thing! I remember watching the ASB Classic a few years back when they were interviewing Martina Navratilova in New Zealand and she could memorize it too!
10 October 10 at 11:49pm
Hate to be a bit of a spoil sport but it's actually the THIRD longest name in the world...so .sorry! Thailand claims the first, Wales the second and NZ (your pic!) has oficially the third.....
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Get Jake home!
My two little NZ fans hoping to get me home too, and of course they LOVE Marmite. Caleb and Tyler both live in Christchurch and have been pretty freaked out about the earthquakes and continuing aftershocks. I hope they are doing okay! Thanks to their mum, Tania, for taking this awesome photo!!!!
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I love and miss all of these things!
A Taste of Home and Tribute to Marmite & all things Kiwiana.
Gotta love NZ!
