An epic journey carries phosphate rock from the Western Sahara desert to New Zealand farmland. Western Saharawi freedom fighters have called on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to urge New Zealand fertiliser companies to stop importing phosphate from the Western Sahara. The territory where the phosphate comes from is in dispute, with the Western Saharawis battling for an independent state. SUPPLIED In 2008 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met children at a Western Sahara refugee camp in Algeria. SUPPLIED A Western Saharawi protester calls on PM Jacinda Ardern to intercede over phosphate exports to New Zealand from North Africa.

Source: Stuff March 11, 2019 02:03 UTC