Another reason why I don't read the Herald (from 7th May 2015)

Morocco took over Western Sahara in 1975 when colonial power Spain withdrew. Civil war followed until 1991, when the UN brokered a peace and sent its peacekeepers in. However, Morocco still considers the area its own (it's extremely mineral rich) and stands accused of terrible acts, including driving 200,000 West Saharans into refugee camps.
New Zealand has just voted in lock-step with other members of the Security Council to keep the peace-keeping mission there for another year, but agreed to Morocco's demand that human rights checks be kept off the agenda. No doubt we were also mindful that New Zealand fertiliser companies are the third largest buyers of Western Sahara phosphate rock in the world - a trade human rights groups deplore.