Natalie Lin - Winner !
The Royal Flush
I've only played poker a few times, but of what I know this is a pretty decent hand! Marmite, please get me this winning hand that'll get me home for Christmas! Faithfully a marmite spreader, Natalie.
The toyal flush
I've only played poker a few times, but of what I know this is a pretty decent hand! Marmite, please get me this winning hand that'll get me home for Christmas! Faithfully a marmite spreader, Natalie.
30 October 10 at 8:44pm
Best wishes and good lick with the final outcome!
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30 October 10 at 10:33pm
You are always a winner to us! Hope to see you soon.
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Memorabilia
Marmite, along with other kiwiana-type memorabilia
30 October 10 at 1:31am
It's amazing what an impact this whole campaign is having. There are dozens of people here in Ohio who have now heard of Marmite through you - and many have even been brave enough to try it!
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Koru
Mum picked these korus from the garden. Amazing! / / As the contest draws to a close, I want to say a huge thanks to everyone who's shown me all this support! This has been a really fun project to work on. Since it started, I can't count how many friends here have asked me, "So, what is this marmite stuff?" at which I describe to them about this delicious salty toast spread from back home, best eaten with butter or melted cheese. It's like it's a mysterious keyword that some people are in on. / / Hope to share and spread more Marmite when I get to stock up on the stuff!
31 October 10 at 8:38am
oh, I miss those plants in our garden too!. hope you get home!!!
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dancing on Cloud Nine
fly me back to these blue skies!
28 October 10 at 3:57pm
Natalie is a dancer herself. Just never tells anyone!
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Hard at work with marmite
Mum and Terry hard at work with the digger... then taking a lunch break... Those trusty marmite sandwiches =)
26 October 10 at 6:59pm
Ain't no easy work balancing Marmite on the digger over rain sunken driveway. Still, munching on Marmite's the only smart way!
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27 October 10 at 8:11pm
Hi Nats. Wish I had seen this earlier! Great site and an amusing picture of your mum in a digger! Will keep voting for you till it closes. Best of luck.
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29 October 10 at 11:47am
Hey James, thanks so much! Hope things are going well at home!
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Home of Marmite!
At the Marmite HQ in Auckland! Thank you all for cheering me on from back home!! Thanks mum for sending this. Missing seeing those blue skies and NZ flags.
25 October 10 at 5:13pm
Natalie is much loved at the Home of Marmite. This group of uncles and aunties gathered up within 30 mins of notification! It was fun. Thanks guys for voting her.
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26 October 10 at 9:36am
That's an incredible effort... and an original one too! I bet Sanitarium staff knew there had to be something marmite related going on... good luck Natalie! Looks like you have heaps of support.
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26 October 10 at 10:55am
Don't know about the staff of Sanitarium but cheering was coming from the traffic! No effort, cause we're desperate to see Nat!
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yum!!
delicious asian cooking with marmite. Mum's home cooking is the best!
22 October 10 at 12:58pm
Marmite might be a good substitute for soy sauce?
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23 October 10 at 10:50am
Put spring onion over the noodles, even better.
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26 October 10 at 9:36am
Yum - this looks really good. Definitely want to try it!
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The perfect equation
send me home!!
25 October 10 at 4:16am
this is very cute Natalie,,sorry I jst saw your fb message just now,,hope you get it :) good luck xx
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Marmite vs. jam
Or as the Americans like to call it, Jelly...
Marmite...
Keeping kiwis strong! I need to stock up soon!
17 October 10 at 3:12pm
Natalie's a hard worker just like this Olympic Kiwi.
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Cake Vs. Steak
The last time I celebrated my birthday at home was in 2006, when I turned 18! A couple weeks later, I took off to study in America to start my 4+ year program. (Check out my American birthday steak from 2007 - complete with candles and all!) Marmite, my birthday's on December 14th - it would be awesome if you could send me home, just in time to spend that day with my friends and fam!
13 October 10 at 7:46pm
This was a huge cake which served 50+ people. That afternoon she had just done a fund raising recital (for her studies in USA) and was asked to pop over next door by our neighbour...then she walked into a big "surprise"! at which she nearly fainted, "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh!" was all she could say... Our Natalie is such an unassuming girl adored by everyone back home. A lot of people who shared her 18th birthday cake hasn't seen her since. We miss her painfully. Please let our baby come home for her birthday. She is named Natalie because she was born 10 days before Christmas Eve - "Natalie" meaning Christmas child.
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14 October 10 at 11:07pm
What the, birthday steak?! Is that like a thing over there??
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15 October 10 at 4:48pm
Haha, no it was kind of joke. Have you seen this youtube video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmiXjWxlBOE
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Mum & Me (second try)
This picture of Mum and me was taken in 2007 on a road trip, when we drove from Christchurch (where I was born) to Auckland. I haven't seen a NZ summer since then! Marmite, please send me back so I can finally be home for summer and see my mum again! ps. spot the marmite!
12 October 10 at 3:19pm
Nice photo of your mum...and you, too... :) Nice how in NZ they honor Marmite even in the nature reserves...
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12 October 10 at 5:24pm
Nice of you to spell Mum the NZ way, Mike! Thanks for your support!!
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14 October 10 at 1:11pm
someday the Americanos will come around to the proper way to spell...
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Mum & Me
This picture of Mum and me was taken in 2007 on a road trip, when we drove from Christchurch (where I was born) to Auckland. I haven't seen a NZ summer since then! Marmite, please send me back so I can finally be home for summer and see my mum again! ps. spot the marmite!
10 October 10 at 3:35pm
Hey Nat! :) +1 from me - hope you get home, you have lots of support, anything to get out of snow covered Cleveland?
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Dreaming of a warmer Christmas...
Today's weather: low of 10 degrees (still Autumn!) and gray, rainy skies, reminded me of last winter here in Cleveland - see below! (Pic 1: my street last year; Pic 2: snowing down hard!! Pic 3: the view from my apartment) This is the kind of Christmas I would LOVE to skip out on this year! Would much rather spend time with family at home, with some sun and warmth and open doors!
7 October 10 at 3:56pm
Just to clarify: it was 10 degrees Celsius yesterday, not Fahrenheit =) That'll come later in the year..
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7 October 10 at 4:43pm
what!?!? how are we on such opposite sides of the weather =P its night and day compared to houston! miss u, got the email, will respond soon
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7 October 10 at 4:54pm
Poor Baby! How can we stand another Christmas on the beach without Natalie! She grew up playing on the water front of Mission Bay through Christmas holidays. Please take her home soon Marmite.
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Dig in...!
Mason, Boson & Ben hanging out in my kitchen, checking out my Marmite. Not quite how you eat it guys, but nice try ; ) Marmite, please send me home so I can stock up on more marmite for all my mates in America!!
8 October 10 at 3:47pm
That's not how you eat Marmite, silly! I mean, who would taste the best wine by gobbling it down?
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Spreading the news...
My friends Jon and Heidi intrigued with this Marmite stuff... You know you want to try it!
2 October 10 at 1:23am
This Marmite competition is having amazing side affects: As emails alerting friends and family about it are being circulated, old forgotten connections are being remade. The other night I had dinner with someone for the first time in 28 years! Thank you Marmite!
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300 votes!!! And #2: Downtown Auckland
Thank you for 300 votes! I took this picture on Tamaki Dr around the bays. I love downtown because there's SO much going on, the skyline is awesome (the sky tower is our prima donna of course), it's right by the waterfront and there's plenty to eat! MARMITE, please take me back to my hometown so I can enjoy new year's celebrations here!
26 September 10 at 5:55pm
Is that a Marmite bottle on top of the Sky tower?
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Favourite Spots #1: On top of the world!
I thought I would share with you some of my favourite spots... Marmite, I would love to go back to see all these places! #1: Soaking up the sun and wind, at One Tree Hill with my sister. This is DEFINITELY a favourite - barbeques in Summer, muddy touch rugby and windy runs in Winter, strolls through Twin Oaks Drive in Autumn... not to mention the sunsets and star watching at the top of the hill!
19 September 10 at 10:56pm
I bet you're longing to be gliding on the Port Hills again, oh Christchurch-born Kiwi!
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29 September 10 at 2:58am
Natalie Baby, Grandma and Grandpa miss your sweetness terribly. Come home this summer. We want to hear your violin playing again. Trust Marmite....Sure Can!
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Fine dining
Marmite & cheese on toast with a side salad
17 September 10 at 2:30pm
Nat, get someone to announce it at an announcement after Genesis or something! :) they can do it for an UH alumni.....yes u are an alum in a way!
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30 September 10 at 2:02am
Yum!! that looks so amazing! Best of luck in the comp.
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Mouse trap!
All the ingredients you need to make a tasty mouse trap: Marmite, bread, cheese.
16 September 10 at 4:32pm
My Marmite sandwiches catch all sorts of cute littlies.
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My kiwi on a keychain
Very menacing...
16 September 10 at 3:24pm
i have a turtle on my keychain...they should meet :) I miss you!!!!!!!!
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Me and my Marmite
At my flat in Ohio... a lazy moment.
Intro...
This is my fourth year overseas, and I haven't seen a NZ summer since 2007. I definitely would pass up the whole white Christmas deal to spend Christmas at home this year!
I'm in America and I'm a musician, but I love to take photos as you can see - wherever I go, I soak it up by taking hundreds of pictures. I'll be sure to take many more if I get a chance to go home this year!
Many more pictures to come... of NZ and my current location
13 September 10 at 2:49pm
good luck babe! i voted 4 ya! (and will continue to... if u remind on fb lol)
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13 September 10 at 5:12pm
I voted for you! Good luck I hope you can go home for Christmas! Miss you!
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19 September 10 at 10:29am
Natalie, happy to vote for you so yr mama can see you!!! Three cheers to marmite! I love marmite with butter on toast!! Marmite goes well in gravy for a roast as well! Hope you win, and we can see you perform...I have missed quite a few of your performances! Good luck!! Auntie Yoke-Har
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Dusk!
In West Auckland
13 September 10 at 11:15pm
wow, beautiful photo. I voted for you! X
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16 September 10 at 3:25pm
can I come visit? it could be bring the on trip called bring your eciadorian roomate with ya... :D
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Piha!
More pictures from home =)
22 September 10 at 11:49am
This photo is amazing Natalie. You have a real gift for catching precious moments. Speaking of which, thanks for my profile picture, I'm using it on my blog and it's perfect! Thank you for letting me have it. :D
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Beach and Coffee
Takapuna Beach, 2008
6 October 10 at 5:39pm
Hi Evan and April, thanks for supporting! Would love to see you guys back home around New Year's, hope it happens! One of my roommates is from Alberta =) Hope you're having a good time there, it's starting to get really cold in Ohio!
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7 October 10 at 5:07pm
Natalie, Christabel, Evan and Kelly, Come home to see Grandpa and Grandma when you return to NZ. We miss you down here in Christchurch. Luckily our home is still standing after the earthquake (still a bit of shaking now and then, we're getting used to it).
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1052 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 10:37am
nat, bring me back some marmite pls? i still have yet to try it!! :)
Report this comment31 October 10 at 12:36pm
OK: Make sure to post all of the epic photos you'll take while in NZ: b/c you're the winner!
Report this comment31 October 10 at 5:35pm
My last vote and best love for you Bebbiah. You've done well and we're all very proud of you. XXX
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