Karim Dickie
President of UNANZ
Karim Dickie studied at Victoria University of Wellington and Massey University, graduating from the former with a Bachelor of Arts degree. From 2016 to 2017 he served as the Executive Secretary and Protocol Assistant to the Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor) to New Zealand. From 2015 to 2019 he was attached to Radio New Zealand (RNZ). Other assignments have included work on the Children’s Action Plan, a cross-government agency initiative hosted at the Ministry of Social Development, and for the Ministry of Health in the Office of the Psychoactive Substances Regulatory Authority. From 2012 to 2013 he was a parliamentary intern for Mr Raymond Huo, MP. He has stood twice as a candidate for Lower Hutt in local government elections, standing in the Central Ward in 2013 and the Western Ward in 2016. In April 2016 he launched the Caribbean Council (NZ), an organisation aimed at promoting links between New Zealand and countries of the Caribbean.