Sheree Wolf - Winner !
Dear Sanitarium....
Happy birthday, I know you better, I will never deviate from you as I am a devout Kiwi but have to admit that I have been ignorant about your connection to my lovely home, New Zealand. There is no place like home and Marmite is in a league of its own.
Would love to be one of the chosen and get home to mum, fresh air, the softly spoken, the smiling children, great coffee and afghans and lamingtons and eggs and bacon and ice cream and wine and friends and the list goes on and on and on....
If you don't send me home and I hope you do...at least send me some Marmite for trying...I really need some as you can see!
Help me to be with my mum this December Sanitarium...that's the Kiwi spirit.
Good night allxxxx
Not even in 1,000 years!
Not even in 1,000 years!
Never going to happen!
Never going to happen!
And finally......
Because after all, it was a wedding...
oops...
Couldn't resist this shot...
Nick...
Who chose to wear his Marmite colours!
Another....
The Lady herself
Another guest....
Mexican Bandito
Some of the guests....
Scream
This girl got married tonight!
What a great way to end the celebration of 100 years of Marmite! A very unusual wedding.
The most important thing in New Zealand for me right now!
The people I love and miss.
Nick's Hallowe'en Cookies
We put 1/4 of a teaspoon of Marmite into 1 cup of chocolate frosting and it was the perfect combination of sweet and salty!
Happy Hallowe'en Marmite!
Getting nippy in the USA. Perfect time to be heading home!
Put a spoonful of Marmite into the gravy!
Miss those snarlers!
Even the cars got spooky on us!
This is not at all photoshopped!
Never get bananas here when trick or treating!
Wish I had some mini Marmites to hand out this year!
28 October 10 at 7:16pm
Can't beat the light for photography in New Zealand. Marmite, have you done any outdoor shoots?
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One of the scariest was in New Zealand!
Halloween in New Zealand 2007...the only one there the kids have had!
Harvest Time In The USA ^__^
Keep watching this space because it's going to get scary!
Wow...over a hundred votes! Thank you my dear supporters!
Hello Sanitarium! I have been so busy! Not only do I have 7 and 9 year old children I also have a fostered pup and cat. I have been creating and organizing a haunted house for my children's school, going to work and looking after the house. Have been thinking of you constantly though and hope to visit this website every day until the competition ends. Time to get creative???? My daughter helped me out this morning while I was at work by writing the Bumble story. Thank you Lola!
In all my business, I don't get to speak to my darling mother enough. Have been thinking of her constantly too. When I do phone mum, it's often hard because she has trouble speaking after a recent stroke and trouble hearing too. I need to be in that room of hers with her soon....we can smile at each other, hug and kiss. Her birthday is December 21 and a Kiwi Christmas with her, my dear sister and her family and some lovely friends would be marvelous. Help getting there would be so appreciated....it would enable me to take mum's grandchildren who she hasn't seen since May 2008. Hope you will consider me! I will try to WOW you!
The Most Famous Bumble Of All - by Lola Wolf - aged 9
About 50 years ago in a hive in Auckland city, there was a little bumble. He was sad because he was different. His mother said he was unique, but even she preferred the other bumbles. The little bumble knew what made him unlike the other bumbles. He was only yellow and red. In other words, he had no black stripes. One day, the bumble went out to help pollinate the flowers on One Tree Hill when he saw a little girl having a picnic with her parents. The girl was eating something that smelled delicious. Soon, the family left forgetting to take the jar of delicious smelling stuff with them. The bumble went up to it and read the label:
MARMITE
The bumble had never seen MARMITE before, so he hovered above the open jar then plunged in. As soon as it would take for a bumble his size to devour half a jar of MARMITE, he realized that he was not only yellow and red but now yellow and red with stylish black stripes. The bumble took what was left in the jar back to the beehive and everybody had a delicious meal that night. The best part of the story is that the bumble got to keep his stripes!
THE END!!!
28 October 10 at 3:50am
Extremely well done, Lola! Such a creative little girl, and so nice of you to submit this story so mommy can hopefully win the prize! You are a beauty!! I love you - - and I hope that Sanitarium and Marmite see fit to help your mommy get back to New Zealand soon.
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I made the headlines!!! Thanks to my niece, Brie!!!
How can you deny me now! I really want to see my mum! I really want Lola and Nicholas to see their Grandma!
I'll be ready to leave December 6th.....
It's my birthday!
And two of Nick's favourite things...
Pukekos and Marmite
A few of my favourite things!
Sung to the tune of A Sound of Music's "My Favourite Things"....... Jandals and Marmite and fresh Terakihi Bumble and beaches a great cup of tea The people are friendly The world's best ice cream These are a few of my favourite things!
17 October 10 at 12:40pm
Great page Sheree ... you have a vote from the Leah Swan team. I'll be back !!! hahaha!
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Dark as Marmite outside
Must go to sleep but want to say...Marmite, Sanitarium, Air New Zealand...please take me home. I miss my country and my mummy. Night, nightxxxx
15 October 10 at 6:12am
Hey all you friends and family of Sheree!! Get out and vote!! I put a reminder on my calendar application each day to remind me to vote for her. Judging by the tallying of votes, we all need to do this. Come on, everyone! Let's get this girl back to her homeland!!!! Let's have this up to at least 100 by end of the week. We can do it!! It's for SHEREE!!!!
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16 October 10 at 10:09am
Thanks so much Pam! Do you wanna go with me?
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Marmite, please take me back to the green, green grass of home!
Magnificent Cornwall Park!
12 October 10 at 7:18am
No one deserves going home to Kiwiland more than you, Sheree! Hope EVERYONE votes for you EVERY DAY!! And home to that deliciousi Marmite! If you got points for creativity, you'd win hands down!
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13 October 10 at 7:43pm
Thanks Pam....I guess you wrote this while waiting for a ride to work! Not had a lot of time to devote to this of late because of all my work on the Franklin Elementary haunted House. I'm obsessed! Last year cow skulls, this year swamp trees! Running an art day on Sunday from 10 - 4...hope you can attend! Love n hugsxxx
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My reasons for needing your help to get home and why I feel worthy of it....
Have contributed to my country as a performing artist. I was a dancer with the Royal NZ Ballet for 10 years and other companies before and in between. Have also taught ballet in the USA.
Have been away from the land and people I love for 15 years too long and God knows why.
As a family we have experienced a lot of loss in losing loved ones.
I work hard bringing up 7 and 9 year olds and a rescued dog and cat.
Have looked for work for 2 years now without success and been second in line for the job a few times now.
Can't afford the fare home.
Mum is physically disabled now and in hospital care. Fortunately, she is still able to enjoy my company but hasn't seen her grandchildren for 2 1/2 years.
Missed my mother's 80th birthday last year and don't want to miss this one in December.
Had no Kiwi family around me for a BIG birthday of mine last December and would like to make up for it this December.
Haven't had a Kiwi Christmas for almost 3 years now and not many of them since I lived in the UA.
I love NZ and the family and friends I have there! I would go any opportunity I got and if I could, would never leave again!
Best place in the world!
I have an incredible family in NZ that I miss terribly.
Incredible friends too!
I want to see my children amongst that beauty and for my family and friends to spend time with them.
It's things like Marmite that make us so unique!
There, I plead my case!
7 October 10 at 10:16am
well done and well said you truly deserve to come home for Christmas xoxoxo
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8 October 10 at 7:21am
Aw, ta very much Aunty Annie. Only one typo! USA not UA!
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M-A-R-M-I-T-E
M is for mum
A is for airline
R is for ready to go
M is for missing
I is for islands (NZ)
T is for kiddies in tow
E is for everyone vote for me!
Aah, Piha
And two kids in heaven!
Mum has the last word today!
Walking down life's lonely path
Where is friendship, where is love
Not tied up in parcels neat
Nor falling from the skies above
Friendship and love, I have learned
Like all things worthwhile, must be earned
But also like the the flowers gay
With sad neglect, will wilt away
3 October 10 at 2:22pm
Hi Sheree, Stephanie and I loved your Marmite page. We'll have to come over to your house and try some soon. I'll try to vote for you now. Suzanne
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And dearest Poppa.....
Time to get home and organize a proper head stone for him.
Joel, born on my birthday, left us too young.
It's a long trek to Horeke but being there on our birthday in December would be awesome!
Michael, no longer with us.
A trip to Piha to be with this gentle soul is a must.
And look at these beauties!
Pat, 2 nephews, a niece, a girlfriend, a boyfriend and a dog. There's 2 more dogs not in the photo and 1 of those, we are yet to meet! Let's not forget to mention the cat!
My sis looks more like this today....
And she's such a loving Aunty! Lola and Nick want to see her again asap!
100 years old?
I'm also wondering if the dragon is as old as Marmite? Can you tell me?
Of course, I had to take the kids there also!
Can anyone guess the location?
My sister was there too!
See my earlier posting!
Marmite...the Backbone of New Zealand's Performing Artists
Always in the food box when touring and giving us the strength we needed.
2 October 10 at 9:20am
I think you mean important! Thanks Charlotte...support comes from some long ago and far away places! Hope all's well in your neck of the woods. Remember Rijk well!
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3 October 10 at 9:17am
Whi is the clever person doing these for you they have talent :-)
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Will start my diet tomorrow hehe
It's October 1st in my beloved New Zealand but September 30th where I'm currently living. I have one more day before I start my diet. Trouble is I've been saying that for months now!
Thinking of all you lovely Kiwis back home, for the most part, tucked up cozy still in your antipodean beds! Soon the smell of toast cooking then Marmite spreading will be permeating your kitchens!
Oh, how I miss my home and loved ones there....please help me get home this summer! I really badly want to have a Kiwi Christmas. I'd like to think there would be many more with my mum but I'm afraid that's probably unlikely :-( If Sanitarium and our wonderful airline help me home, I will bring the kiddies too!
2 October 10 at 10:35am
Hahaha, good luck for the competition or the diet?
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No more looking through Marmite tinted glasses!
October 1st! This month I want to lose weight! I know that eating my Marmite will help me!
Too Long Ago
I promise I'll go back to all these special places if Sanitarium and Air New Zealand help me home!
The Only Way We Keep The Dog Away From The Marmite!
This is Millie, we are fostering her. I wanted a jar of Marmite photo shopped into the picture but I don't have the software and the people I know are too busy! My daughter made the cool utilibelt for Millie........let's get Lola's creative mind back to New Zealand!
Guess what this is!
And guess what it's begging for!
Nick does the Haka too!
Surprised his tongue isn't black!
Born in the USA but got a lot of Kiwi in them!
Lola does the Haka for her friends! Of course all her energy comes from eating a breakfast of toast and Marmite!
I'm dreaming of a Marmite Christmas!
Another good one by my lovely niece, Brie
Sung to the tune of Pokarekare Ana
There's nothing in the larder
Better go to the store
Let's not forget the Marmite
Like we did before
It tastes so good
And it's good for you
I'm going there now
Would you like some too
13 September 10 at 3:02pm
Hey sheree, Gloria sent me this link so you have my vote..... have to get our kiddies togehter if (when - think positive) you bring them home!!! Good luck Nicki xxxx
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14 September 10 at 3:19pm
Hi Nicki...I haven't even met the new addition! Hope to soon. Getting Lola and Bailey together again would be awesome! Thanks for the vote!
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Cat Woman
My mother and some of her rescued cats. If you think there are a lot of cages in the living room, you should have seen the back yard! Mum gave so much, please give to her! I want to walk into her rest home room with her grandchildren and see her smile again.
2 October 10 at 4:14am
Such a giving animal lover with an adoring daughter. Sheree is very deserving of a trip home to reunite with Mum.
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Grandchildren
My mother needs to see her grandchildren again. Their visits are too few and far between. They adore the woman who is known as The Cat Woman for all her help she has given and homes she has found for cats and dogs for decades. It wore her out and now she needs the looking after.
10 September 10 at 7:03am
Please, please Sanitarium choose my beautiful sister in law and her gorgeous 2 children to come home to New Zealand and spend time with her family here. we miss her so much, she misses her New Zealand connection so much, air fares to NZ are so expensive at this time of year. We want to give our gorgeous neice and nephew a kiwi camping holiday at Orewa beach. Sheree is a beautiful ex dancer from the NZ ballet, she is a great mum, her mum is old and frail now, in a resthome and she would also cherish seeing her. And as far as marmite goes, she is a real genuine Marmite eater and always has been, marmite always accompanies us on our trips to USA. Sheree is trying so hard to find fulltime work in Los Angeles and she has had door after door close, so hard going, please someone give this fantastic girl a break! We love you Sheree. Love Patrick
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11 September 10 at 5:31am
Thanks Anna! And you deserve the MTV job! My vote done for the day!
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Nick at Mission Bay
Nick at Mission Bay
10 September 10 at 8:17am
Bring Nick back to Mission Bay please............
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Would like my children to experience NZ nature again
Lola at Piha
13 October 10 at 7:48pm
Can someone photoshop a jar of Marmite into her hand?
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Here she is hanging the laundry
Here she is hanging the laundry
She always worked hard for us
Laundry and the Lettuce and Marmite sandwiches
Mum in better days
Mum in better days
By Brie
Look what my talented niece did for me today! She's not just a pretty face, I love her, miss her and want to see her! So many others in NZ too but especially my mum!
10 September 10 at 8:18am
What an amazing compliment to Marmite We want to see our beautiful Shereexxxxx
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2 October 10 at 4:13am
Very clever... and creative tribute to Marmite
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Great News Today!
Didn't get the job I really, badly wanted at a Venice Beach VFX studio but that means I can come home to NZ!
9 September 10 at 12:06pm
Bring home AUNTIE SHEREE!!!! how do i post a picture!???we are going to do everything to make you WIN!!!! xxxxxxx
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10 September 10 at 8:30am
Thats my beautiful daughter Brie and we both want beautiful Sheree home for Xmas so bad! Please help this happen.I dearly support getting my Spaghetti sister out to New Zealand for Christmas, life passes so quickly and we have so little time with Sheree. Sheree is married to Damon. Damon was born in the USA and that is home to him. Sheree will always regard New Zealand as home and she misses our wonderful country, her family and friends so much. We miss her so much. It never gets easier. A one income family with two darling children and renting their home make affordibility of holidays and the travel to NZ impossible. Sheree is trying daily to find work in the USA and it is impossibly hard for her, rejection after rejection!!!!!! But she is an amazing, beautiful and talented person with so much to offer. We love you Spags All my love a much chunkier version now of Vermicellixxxx
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Lola after her Marmite!
Lola after her Marmite!
Nicholas after his Marmite!
Nicholas after his Marmite!
9 September 10 at 9:49am
Crossing fingers and toes, hope you get enough votes. Done mine. It would be great for you to see your Mum. Luv CC.
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9 September 10 at 10:04am
Wouldn't mind seeing you too! Love ya! Aren't you one of the biggest Marmite fans? What does Josh think of it?
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Don't just eat Marmite!
There's only one rival when it comes to the smell left on your fingers and that's garlic! Any arguments?
Mmmmm, aaaaaaaa, mite they vote?
C'mon darlings, cast your votes my way! You know I love New Zealand, my mother and Marmite!
8 September 10 at 5:57pm
I got such a shock to see how old your mum is now Sheree. My goodness, I don't even know if my mum is still in the land of the living. Pretty much all ties with the family have been cut since my dad passed on, the sibs are not a nice lot I'm sorry to say. I really really hope you can get home my dear. Looks like I will be staying a bit longer. Twenty two years now, still no exit. Hang in and let's hope your wish comes true. Rohan
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8 September 10 at 6:10pm
I knew I could count on you! It's always a pleasure catching up with each other this way! Sorry to hear about your dad, mine too. Wish I could be with mum more. My lovely sister is there for her. Man, you're up late!
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Recipe
Take two slices of bread, spread both with butter, add Marmite to one of the slices, crispy lettuce to the other, join ceremoniously together then bite for an incredible taste sensation! These sammies got me through my school years and were better than a pie from the tuck shop. Thank you dear, old mother!
Mar Mite See Me Soon!
If Air New Zealand and Marmite fly me home, I'll go straight to see my dear, old mother at Little Sisters of the Poor in Herne Bay.
9 September 10 at 11:15am
I so hope you manage to get home to see your Mum (my sister) It would be so wonderful, I can just see the look of joy on Colleens face when she saw you. Good luck hun xoxoxo
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2 October 10 at 4:11am
Sheree deserves to get home to see her mum and family. mmm. got me wanting marmite and grilled cheese on toast.....
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13 September 10 at 5:03pm
Sheree is a beautiful friend who introduced me to Marmite. I would have never known about it had it not been for her. She is so deserving to fly to NZ to see her family once again.
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2 October 10 at 4:08am
Now this has got me craving marmite and melted cheese on toast!! I do hope Sheree can get back to New Zealand to see her mum and rellies again as she is a lovely lovely cousin and I dont think she could have been such a talented ballerina munching on Marmite.. Yum, got me wanting some. Get Sheree HOME!!
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2 October 10 at 5:42am
Don't you mean without munching on Marmite? Dance picture just went up...just for you! Thanks Maria...lovely cuzxxx
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115 votes
Judging
Sure, you may have 100,000 facebook friends to vote for you but it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re on the plane. It’s a quality, then quantity rule round here. We’ll be making our decision based on originality and creativity, how well your entry fits with the values of the Marmite brand, then popularity.
31 October 10 at 11:06pm
Good luck Sheree you so deserve to be home ASAP!!! Love and miss you. The fresh air, the softly spoken, the smiling children, great coffee and afghans and lamingtons and eggs and bacon and HOKEY POKEY ice cream and wine and friends and the list goes on and on ......All this and MARMITE await you gorgeous lady! xoxoxo
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