This Way Up for Saturday 21 November 2015
Derek Andrews: high-altitude garbologist
Derek Andrews lives in New Plymouth and climbing nearby Mount Taranaki (altitude: 2,518 metres) is his pastime.
So far, he's been up the mountain nearly 700 times collecting rubbish and making sure it's clean and tidy.
Derek Andrews near the summit Photo: RNZ
Derek on top of Mount Taranaki Photo: RNZ
It's the kind of behaviour you'd expect from a longtime stalwart and treasurer of the The New Plymouth Tramping Club.
His house is full of all the bits and bobs of climbing gear he's found left up there... from coins to pieces of aeroplanes, flags and especially glass – he's amassed a collection of 14,000 pieces and counting!
Derek's glass collection Photo: RNZ
Animal's sense of direction
Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists on a discovery in China that could show how animals navigate using the Earth's magnetic fields.
Tech News: 'Netflix tax' and email tracking
Tech commentator Peter Griffin. Photo: Supplied
Technology correspondent Peter Griffin's on how your emails are tracking you. Plus the 'Netflix tax' on digital purchases like ebooks and music is coming to New Zealand. Brian Chen's New York Times article.
Data visualisation
Pitch Interactive Data Visualisation Photo: www.pitchinteractive.com
Wesley Grubbs is a data visualiser who runs Pitch Interactive, a data visualisation studio in Oakland, California. Wes works with the likes of Google, Facebook and The Wall Street Journal to turn statistics and other information into visually engaging, interactive, stories. He was a speaker at this week's Semi Permanent Wellington art and design conference. Drone Visualisation and you can find other examples of his work here.
Fighting TB
Dean Crick of Colorado State University is trying to find better ways to treat the bacterial disease tuberculosis.