The Conway River is part of the traditional boundary between the

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and

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regions in the

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of New Zealand. It arises in the

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near Palmer Saddle and runs for south-east through the Hundalee Hills at the south end of the Seaward Kaikoura Mountains before turning north-east and reaching the

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30 kilometres south of Kaikoura. The Charwell River is a tributary. It was probably named after the

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in North Wales, as this was the origin of Thomas Hanmer, an owner of Hawkeswood Station near this river during the 1850s.

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