Police have say "no abduction occurred" at Countdown Church Corner on Wednesday.

The daughter of a 70-year-old falsely accused of attempting to abduct two boys says she never doubted her dad.

Police made inquiries after a man was reported to have tried to abduct the boys, aged about 11 or 12, near the Countdown Church Corner on Wednesday afternoon.

However, on Friday, police said as a result of their inquiries no attempted abduction had occured.

Christchurch woman Jemima Stagpoole said it had been a "pretty stressful" couple of days for her family.

Police tracked her father down through the plates on his car. They then rung his ex-wife who notified the family that police wanted to speak to him.

"As soon as we found out the police were looking for him we rang them ourselves to say we want to sort this out."

Stagpoole said her father was dropping his son off at Countdown when he spoke to two boys.

"He just said something to them and then he left."

Next thing Stagpoole knew there was reports of an attempted abduction.

"It was all over the news, it was quite extreme."

She said her father "feels good" now that his name has been cleared.

"It's really horrible to be accused of something that serious, it's not the sort of thing you want to tell people, it's embarrassing."

She said she never questioned her father's innocence.

"I never doubted him, I was sure he probably spoke to them because he likes to speak to strangers, he's quite an outgoing person."

Police thanked those who helped with the investigation.

"It is timely to remind all those involved in the care of children to speak to the children and make them aware that they should not approach any people or vehicles that they do not know."