Karim Rostami has defied the odds with polio, spent gruelling hours in the water and been on the verge of hypothermia while training for events that have raised thousands of dollars for charities.
But it’s his latest mission that is extra-meaningful – helping a Kiwi relay team swim, cycle and run across the country he credits for granting him hope, opportunity and love when life became doomed in his native Afghanistan.
Arriving in Aotearoa as an 18-year-old asylum seeker, the kind-hearted entrepreneur has worked incessantly to