Barbara Kuriger

Candidate for Taranaki-King Country
Currently serving: MP for Taranaki-King Country, Parliament of New Zealand National
Party National
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Barbara Kuriger’s Elections & Candidacies

Note: This database contains data from the 2023, 2020, 2017 and 2014 general elections, the 2025 local government election and is gradually being backfilled with other election data.

Contested 8 races — 4 elected 4 not elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: KURIGER, Barbara
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Taranaki-King Country
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: KURIGER, Barbara
    Source Booth results
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 62.7%
    24,760 votes
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: KURIGER, Barbara
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Taranaki-King Country
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: KURIGER, Barbara
    Source
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 47.2%
    18,702 votes
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: KURIGER, Barbara
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Taranaki-King Country
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: KURIGER, Barbara
    Source
    Final Elected
2014 NZ General Election • September 20, 2014 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Taranaki-King Country
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Source
    Final Elected
Offices held
  • MP for Taranaki-King Country
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National
    Sep 2014 – present
In the News
One MP, One Pint: Steve Abel on writing a new album and the joy of a sub-$10 beer
The Spinoff — November 12, 2025

Musician-turned-Greenpeace-guy-turned-politician Steve Abel could’ve had a master’s degree by now.

One MP, One Pint: Benjamin Doyle on going out on your own terms
The Spinoff — September 23, 2025

The outgoing Green MP is wondering if you might have time to read their CV. It’s Benjamin Doyle’s first and last time in parliament’s Pint of Order bar, twirling the straw of their soda with glittering pink nails while I’m trying not to make it obvious that this is not my first pint.

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