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Wills River
The
Wills
River
is a
river
of the southern
West Coast region
of
New Zealand's
South Island
. It flows
west
to reach the
Haast River
10 kilometres
north
of the
Haast Pass
.
The river
was named by
Julius von Haast
when he searched for a
crossing
from Otago to the
West Coast
. It is named for
William John Wills
of the
Burke and Wills expedition
. The
nearby
Burke River
is named for
Robert O'Hara Burke
.
