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Taranaki-King Country
General electorate · boundaries changed in 2025 · Safe · 35.1 pts on 2026 boundaries (est.)
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The 2023 result
In 2023, Barbara Joan Kuriger (National) won Taranaki-King Country by 14,355 votes over Angela Roberts (Labour). The candidate vote split National 62.7% to Labour 26.3%, a margin of 36.3 points. Its boundaries have changed for 2026, so the 2026 seat isn't exactly the same area that voted in 2023.
The 2023 winner, Barbara Joan Kuriger, is standing again.
On the party vote, National led with 47.2%, ahead of Labour on 17.2%.
What it would take to change hands
On the 2026 boundaries, the 2023 votes would put National 35.1 points ahead of Labour (an estimate by The Tally Room). Labour would need a swing of about 17.6 points from National to take it: each point that moves from one to the other closes the gap by two.
Since 2023, the current poll average has Labour up 1.0 points on the party vote and National down 10.0. If three-quarters of that change carried through to the candidate vote here (the calculator's default), National would hold it by about 26.9 points.
A simple uniform-swing illustration, not a forecast: local candidates, tactical voting and the polls' margins of error all matter. About the poll average.
Taranaki-King Country candidates 2026
| Candidate | Party | List |
|---|---|---|
| Ivana Jovicic | ACT New Zealand | – |
| Barbara Joan Kuriger Won here in 2023 Sitting MP | National Party | #42 |
| Phil McCabe | Green Party | #50 |
| David Pattemore | Labour Party | #70 |
| Lee Smith | New Zealand First Party | #25 |
"List" is the candidate's place on their party's list, if they're also on it. Candidates as nominated with the Electoral Commission.