Kahurangi National Park gathers in a huge area of wilderness in the top northwest corner of the South Island. This area has an astonishing ecological complexity, so it is perhaps not surprising that this landscape has also generated a wonderfully rich and colourful human history. For well over 20 years, Golden Bay author Gerard Hindmarsh has been collecting stories from Kahurangi and in this book he has woven the best of them into a fascinating blend of natural and social history. In Kahurangi Calling he describes many of the ecological treasures that are found in Kahurangi, but also tells the stories about the fascinating characters that have travelled and lived here: explorers, miners, graziers, trampers and other adventurers, eelers, hermits and many others. This is a highly readable and engaging book about a remarkable corner of New Zealand, . Anyone with a love of our backcountry and the colourful people that are drawn to these places will treasure this book.