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title: "Taranaki-King Country electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Barbara Kuriger (National) won Taranaki-King Country by 14,355 votes. Taranaki-King Country's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Taranaki-King Country is a general electorate covering 13,209 km², with about 90,204 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Taranaki and Waikato regions."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/taranaki-king-country/
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# Taranaki-King Country electorate

At the 2023 election, Barbara Kuriger (National) won Taranaki-King Country by 14,355 votes. Taranaki-King Country's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Taranaki-King Country is a general electorate covering 13,209 km², with about 90,204 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Taranaki and Waikato regions.

General electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

13,209 km²

2025 boundaries

Residents

90,204

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025

2023 turnout

82.4%

41,059 votes from 49,825 enrolled

## 2026 result

Results appear here from 7pm on election night, Saturday 7 November 2026.

[See Taranaki-King Country on the electorate map →](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/map/#taranaki-king-country) · [Nationwide results →](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/results/)

## 2023 result

**Barbara Kuriger** (National) won by 14,355 votes, ahead of Angela Roberts (Labour). This is the result for the electorate of the same name on the previous boundaries, which changed in 2025.

| Party | 2023 party vote |
| --- | --- |
| __National | 47.2% |
| __Labour | 17.2% |
| __ACT | 13.4% |
| __NZ First | 8.3% |
| __Greens | 6.9% |
| __Opportunity | 1.6% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 1.2% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the regions Taranaki-King Country mostly sits in, from Stats NZ’s monthly employment indicators. The figures are for the whole region, not just this electorate.

| Region | Filled jobs | vs a year earlier | Month |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Taranaki | 54,387 | +0.1% | September 2026 |
| Waikato | 230,104 | +1.7% | September 2026 |

[National jobs and wages dashboard →](https://alliance.org.nz/data/jobs-and-wages/)

## Questions people ask
Who is the MP for Taranaki-King Country?

At the 2023 election, Barbara Kuriger (National) won Taranaki-King Country by 14,355 votes. Taranaki-King Country's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Taranaki-King Country electorate?

Taranaki-King Country is a general electorate covering 13,209 km², with about 90,204 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Taranaki and Waikato regions.
What was the turnout in Taranaki-King Country?

In 2023, 41,059 of 49,825 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 82.4%.

Sources: boundaries and land area from the Representation Commission’s 2025 review via Stats NZ; residents from Stats NZ’s population grid at 30 June 2025; 2023 results and turnout from the Electoral Commission; 2026 results from the Electoral Commission’s preliminary and official results; filled jobs from Stats NZ Monthly Employment Indicators (CC BY 4.0). Purely informational and not endorsed by any party.