Barbara Kuriger

Barbara Joan Kuriger is a New Zealand politician who was elected to the New Zealand parliament at the 2014 general election as a representative of the New Zealand National Party.

Barbara Kuriger

MP
Senior Whip of the National Party
Assumed office
21 March 2018
DeputyMatt Doocey
LeaderSimon Bridges
Preceded byJami-Lee Ross
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Taranaki-King Country
Assumed office
20 September 2014
Preceded byShane Ardern
Personal details
ProfessionFarmer

Farming career

Kuriger is a farmer and is a former Dairy Woman of the Year.

Kuriger is a former director of Oxbow Dairies Ltd which was charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty and neglect. Kuriger ceased being a director in 2014, while her Husband Louis was still a director until late 2018 during which period the bulk of the charges were laid and offences committed, her son, Tony, pleaded guilty in January 2020 for causing "prolonged and severe pain" to the animals in his care.[1]

Political career
New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate List Party
2014–2017 51st Taranaki-King Country 58 National
2017–present 52nd Taranaki-King Country 28 National

She was selected as National's representative in Taranaki-King Country to replace Shane Ardern.

She is Deputy Chairperson of the Health Committee, a member of the Primary Production Committee, and the National Party's Senior Whip.[2]

In 2015, David Cunliffe called out Kuriger for "ignorance" over the funding rorts at Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre while she was on its board.[3]

Other activities

She currently sits on the board of the NZ Rural Sports Trust.[4]

References
  1. Kilmister, Sam (28 January 2020). "Politician's son pleads guilty to ill-treating dairy cows; charges against husband dropped". Stuff.
  2. "Current MPs: Barbara Kuriger". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  3. Lee, Hannah (16 September 2015). "Kuriger must have known about Taratahi 'rorts' - Cunliffe". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  4. Rural Games to get off the ground in Queenstown Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine scene.co.nz, 17 June 2014


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