NZ’s reliance on ‘stolen goods’ The world’s longest conveyor belt in the Sahara Desert. A series of three special reports by Charlie Mitchell Stuff NZ, September 12 2018 * In Part one: Precious rock New Zealand is accused of stealing from the Sahara * part two of Growing Pain, a Stuff series, Charlie Mitchell reports on New Zealand’s tarnished reputation as a humanitarian nation in the eyes of those stuck in refugee camps in Algeria. * In part three of Growing Pain, a Stuff series, Charlie Mitchell explains the strange bind that keeps New Zealand companies returning for more phosphate from Western Sahara.