Catherine Delahunty
Catherine Delahunty is a former Green Party member of parliament

We went to court to protect Coromandel from toxic waste. Now we owe $79k in costs
'A kick in the face for Christmas' – that's how Catherine Delahunty, chair of Coromandel Watchdog of Hauraki, describes the news that her group must pay almost $80,000 in costs after losing its bid to stop a toxic waste dump near Waihi.