Career
As of 2012 she is the Green Party spokesperson on Education, Mining (Terrestrial), Toxics and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. In the past she has also held the portfolios of Forestry, Civil Defence, Disability Issues, Women"s Affairs, Arts, Culture & Heritage, and the Community & Voluntary Sector. Delahunty was co-convenor of the Green Party from 2003 to 2005.
Delahunty was placed at number eight on the Green Party list for the 2008 election.
She was elected as a Green Party Member of Parliament and gained the fourth highest number of candidate votes in the East Coast electorate. In 2011 Delahunty was ranked at number 4 on the final Greens list for the 2011 general elections.
In June 2009, Delahunty"s Customs and Excise (Sustainable Forestry) Amendment Bill, which would have prohibited the import of timber produced unsustainably or illegally, was drawn from the member"s ballot. The bill was defeated at its first reading.
Going into the 2014 general election, Delahunty is ranked at number 6 on the Green Party list, a demotion of two places relative to her 2011 ranking.
