In March 2012 Sanitarium closed its earthquake-damaged Papanui factory in Christchurch, and New Zealand, which gets through 640 tonnes of Marmite a year, simply ran out. The press called it Marmageddon. Jars went for up to $60 on TradeMe, the shortage was supposed to last until July, and the spread did not actually return to shelves until 20 March 2013. It is the benchmark against which every other Marmite shortage gets measured.
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New Zealand discovers Marmite has too much sugar, and the prime minister is having none of it
New Zealand's Health Star Rating system has reignited the Marmite-versus-Vegemite war. Nicola Willis defected to Vegemite. The PM stayed put.
A NASCAR rookie has called Marmite \"vomit in a can\"
Shane van Gisbergen, the New Zealand-born racing driver currently doing rookie season in NASCAR (and doing it surprisingly well, let me say), went on The Rock's Morning Rumble in Auckland last week and was asked, in a rapid-fire round, his opinion of Marmite.
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