Derived from a wider study of place-based economic, social, cultural and environmental regeneration initiatives in small regional New Zealand towns, and reflecting on international research that emphasises the importance of long-term collaborative effort, effective governance and locally-based leadership in regional regeneration, this paper examines the ways locally-based benevolent property development entrepreneurs are attempting to contribute to their regional town-centres. The experience of towns in mid and South Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand, where national and global commercial property developers are reluctant to invest, are used as case studies. We discuss how property-led town-centre regeneration in small regional towns in New Zealand such as these may best be characterised. This work is then used to outline a policy agenda that would help local government and allied stakeholders to engage more effectively and cooperatively with local property developers. This work has relevance for an international audience interested in the town-centre regeneration challenges faced by the residents and local governments of small regional towns in neo-liberal polities.

源自对新西兰小区域城镇中基于地方的经济，社会，文化和环境重建计划的更广泛研究，并反思了国际研究，该研究强调了长期合作努力，有效治理和本地领导在区域中的重要性再生，本文考察了当地的慈善房地产开发企业家试图为他们的区域城镇中心做出贡献的方式。案例研究以新西兰南岛中南部坎特伯雷的城镇经验为例，这些国家和全球商业地产开发商不愿投资。我们讨论了如何最好地描述在新西兰这样的小区域城镇中以房地产为主导的城镇中心的再生。然后，这项工作将用于概述政策议程，以帮助地方政府和相关利益方与当地房地产开发商更有效地合作。这项工作对那些对新自由主义政体的地区性小城镇的居民和地方政府所面临的城镇中心再生挑战感兴趣的国际观众具有重要意义。