Opihi St in Cracroft – Named after the Opihi River. In a subdivision where the streets are named after rivers and sheep stations in North Canterbury. [This name was a mistake by the Christchurch City Council as the Opihi River is in South Canterbury. Local residents say the street was intended to be named Omihi Street.] First appears in street directories in 1964.
A small amount of information from the library website. There was only a couple of ads on Papers Past for this street apart from a request from a builder wanting permission to build a block of lock up shops. He obviously didn’t get permission to build these shops. Most houses here were built in 1960s. This street didn’t really stand out for me but many of the gardens had an issue with wet and soggy grounds.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 