[4] Kuriger has served on the boards of several companies and institutions including DairyNZ, Dairy Training Limited, Primary ITO, New Zealand Young Farmers, Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre, Te Kauta, Venture Taranaki Trust, the Dairy Women's Network, and the New Zealand Rural Games Trust.

Their son, Tony, who was also a director of the company, pleaded guilty in January 2020 for causing "prolonged and severe pain" to the animals in his care.

[10][12] In March 2018 a member's bill in her name seeking to impose penalties on the parents of children before the youth court was debated and lost.

[13][14] Briefly in 2020 she also the party's spokesperson for food safety, rural communities, and women, and chaired Parliament's primary production committee.

[17] In October 2022 Kuriger resigned from her agriculture, biosecurity, and food safety portfolios due to mismanaging conflicts of interest with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) over the prosecution of her husband and son.

Kuriger retained her electorate by a margin of 14,355 votes, defeating Labour candidate Angela Roberts,[22] and was appointed Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.