Fifteen additional South Island electorates were created, including Taieri, and the number of Members of Parliament was increased by 13 to 70.
[5][2] This is due to a rate of population growth below the South Island average in Dunedin that means it can no longer fully support two electorates.
[7] The previous electorate of Dunedin South had been held by the Labour Party since its creation in 1996, and specifically by Clare Curran since 2008.
However, the new boundaries for Taieri include more rural areas,[8] and Curran announced in 2019 that she would not be seeking reelection in 2020.
Taieri has been represented by eight Members of Parliament:[14] Key Independent Liberal Conservative Labour NZ First Green Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Taieri electorate.