Dr Christine Cheyne 
BA, MA, PhD
Associate Professor, Resource and Environmental Planning Programme
Location: Turitea Campus
Office: Social Science Tower 5.21
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 ext. 2816
Fax: +64 6 350 5737
Email: C.M.Cheyne@massey.ac.nz
Teaching
- 132.112 Planning for Sustainable Development
- 132.804 Applied Research in Planning
- 132.895 MRP Research Project
Research interests
Summary CV Jan 2012
Dr Cheyne is actively involved in research in a range of fields including:
- Transportation policy and planning (see for example http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/research/reports/419/index.html funded by the New Zealand Transport Agency’s 2008/09 Research Programme)
- Local government and local governance reforms including municipal consolidation (e.g. creation of Auckland Council and related developments in New Zealand).
- Public participation in local authority annual, strategic and resource & environmental planning processes
- Amenity migration and coastal development
- The integration of social, economic, environmental and cultural aspects of well-being
- Governance, participation and representation; and local government funding
- Connecting democracy and welfare state institutions (as part of University of Auckland led team that is a partner in the RECON project funded by the European Commission’s Sixth Framework Programme: see http://www.reconproject.eu/projectweb/portalproject/AbstractRECONwp1126.html )
- Research on New Zealanders' knowledge about, and interaction with, local governemnt; local government's responsiveness to Maori and young people
Recent publications
Brosnan, B., & Cheyne, C. (2010). Stronger Communities? Changing prospects for community-led strategic planning in New Zealand. Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, (7). Retrieved from http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/ojs/index.php/cjlg/issue/current
Cheyne, C. (2010). Auckland and local government issues. Public Sector, 33(4), 5.
Cheyne, C. (2010). Strengthening local government? In R. Miller (Ed.), New Zealand Local Government and Politics (5 ed., pp. 269-283). Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Cheyne, C., & Imran, M. (2010). Attitudes and behavior in relation to public transport in New Zealand’s non-metropolitan regions, New Zealand Transport Agency research report 419 (No. 419). Wellington: New Zealand Transport Agency.
Gray, T., & Cheyne, C. (2010). Palmerston North to Wellington Passenger Rail Service Investigation. Palmerston North: Horizons Regional Council.
Tawhai, V., Cheyne C., (2009) "Like, if it's really important, they should be saying!" Research with Rangatahi M ori about Local Political Participation, He Pukenga Korero. A Journal of Maori Studies 9(1): 52-63.
Supervision interests
- Urban and rural sustainability
- Sustainable transport (walking, cycling, public/shared transport)
- Managing Urban, peri-urban and rural development
- High amenity (lakes/coast/forest/lifestyle) migration
- Conservation policy and planning
- Integration of transportation and land-use planning
- Local government and democracy
- Long-term community planning
- Local/Urban governance
