Marmite Shortage Shakes New Zealand  New Zealanders are bracing
for a possible shortage of their country's breakfast staple,
Marmite. The dark, salty spread is a Kiwi cousin of Australian
Vegemite. Marmite's manufacturer is still trying to resume
production after damage from a New Zealand earthquake last year.
As supplies run short, Marmite's producer is offering methods to
ration the popular food.    Don't freak. That's what New
Zealanders are being told about the Marmite shortage there. For
Kiwis, that's a big deal, so the manufacturer of Marmite is
doing its best to avert panic.  PIERRE VAN HEERDEN: We're
working really hard with the teams focused on this to make sure
that we can move it as soon as we can.  SIEGEL: That's Pierre
van Heerden, the general manager of Sanitarium, the company that
makes Marmite in New Zealand  In case this is puzzling to you,
Marmite is a culinary cousin of Vegemite. It's a yeast extract.
And the dark, salty Marmite spread is a breakfast staple in New
Zealand. But thanks to an