A video of an interview with Richard Ballantyne inside the Ballantynes Department Store on Cashel Street. In the background, staff are preparing the store to reopen for the first time since the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
We join Deb, Vincy and the rest of the Ballantynes crew on a coach trip south from Christchurch to its Timaru store. Its flagship store on City Mall has been shut since the February earthquake, so twice a week a convoy of coaches full of loyal customers does the 350km round trip.
Two weeks after re-opening, the landmark Christchurch department store, Ballantynes has thanked staff, contractors and customers for their hard work and loyalty since the February earthquake forced it to close.
A video about the 2011 Ballantynes sale which was held in the CBS Arena after the store in town was damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Thirty to fourty jobs are to go at the Christchurch department store, Ballantynes, because of earthquake damage to it's central city shop.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 4 August 2011 entitled, "Ballantynes Bus, Bargains, and Bullshit".
Members of the public looking in the Christmas-themed windows of the Ballantynes Department Store on Cashel Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Ballantynes in Cashel Mall".
Synonomous for offering the best quality goods and clothing since its humble beginnings back in 1854, is the iconic department store of Ballantynes. On the new town’s swampy plains, newly arr…
People peer through the cordon fence outside Ballantynes. The photographer comments, "Whilst on the CERA red zone coach tour we passed Ballantynes and felt like caged animals. There was crowds watching us and we were caged inside the CERA coach with our keepers to make sure we were not allowed to escape our confines".
A photograph of Ballantynes on Lichfield Street.
A photograph of the entrance to Ballantynes on Cashel Street. A sign by the door that states the building is a construction site and a multiple hazards area.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Shoppers moving between Ballantynes and Cashel Mall behind the cordon on Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Whitcoulls site (left) and Ballantynes (right), Cashel Mall".
A photograph of the Ballantynes building in Cashel Mall.
Detail of the famous Ballantynes window display for Christmas 2011.
Ballantynes on Colombo Street with cracking in the wall above.
Detail of the famous Ballantynes window display for Christmas 2011.
Detail of the famous Ballantynes window display for Christmas 2011.
Detail of the famous Ballantynes window display for Christmas 2011.
Crowds outside Ballantynes at the opening of the Re:Start mall.
An aerial photograph of Colombo Street near the Bus Exchange and the Crossing. Ballantynes can be seen on the left.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "54 Lichfield Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "43 Lichfield Street. Panels fell off the car park of this building and fell to the street below killing a woman sitting in a parked car".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cashel Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "146 Cashel Street, bridge across Colombo Street to 142 Cashel Street (Ballantynes)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "146 Cashel Street, bridge across Colombo Street to 142 Cashel Street (Ballantynes)".
A video of people shopping on the opening day of Re:Start Mall. Re:Start Mall is a container mall set up in Cashel Street after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. It is made up of shipping-container shops, with the Ballantynes Department Store reopening as a retail anchor.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Inside Ballantynes, taken with a long lens from the doorway, Colombo Street".
Crowds outside Ballantynes at the opening of the Re:Start mall. The Grand Chancellor is visible in the background.