It's the size and scale, as much as the detail, which is breathtaking at Helena Bay - estimated to have cost more than $50 million to build.

This year people searched for everything under the sun and beyond, from distant comets to tiny burritos. And they asked Google important questions like, “where do we come from?” and “should I get married?” Here's the Google annual #YearinSearch , a look back at the searches, questions and moments that defined 2014. Watch the film, explore the site and relive the year along the way. www.google.com/2014?

The Business Herald's Jamie Gray talks to HSBC NZ chief executive Noel McNamara.

Business reporter Holly Ryan speaks to Icebreaker chief executive and former Air New Zealand chief executive Rob Fyfe about his new role with Craggy Range winery

New Zealand Herald economics editor Brian Fellow gives expert opinion and analysis on the Reserve Bank's decision to keep the official cash rate at 3.5 per cent.

John Key acknowledges that the Auckland houses market is attractive to NZ'ers since the election, but doesn't feel that Chinese money is dominating and driving house prices.

The AUT InterNZ International Scholarship Programme was created to develop graduates’ professional competencies in a global context, enhancing their work-ready skills and employability. These once-in-a-lifetime scholarships give graduates an opportunity to put their learning into action in a different market – an option not often afforded to New Zealand students or new graduates due to our geographic isolation, the expense of travel and lack of business contacts and networks.

Fifteen awards were handed out at the AMP Scholarships National Awards evening held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, where recipients mixed with New Zealand’s business leaders. AMP was delighted to award $200,000 in scholarships to passionate and determined New Zealanders striving to ‘do their thing’.

Glen Sowry, chief executive of Housing New Zealand Corporation, talks to property editor Anne Gibson.

LoanMarket mortgage adviser Bruce Patten talks to NZ Property Editor Anne Gibson about the property market and Aucklanders increasingly borrowing for home renovations.

NZ Herald writer Holly Ryan talks to Oliver du Bern, visitor experience manager at Wellington Zoo, a finalist in the Deloitte Top 200 Awards Young Executive of the Year.

Chief Executive of Deloitte New Zealand, Thomas Pippos, talks to NZ Herald Business Editor Liam Dann about disruption and business.

Business editor Liam Dann talks to Ryman Healthcare CEO Simon Challies about leadership. Challies is a finalist for the Deloitte Top 200 awards - executive of the year.

NZ Herald writer Holly Ryan talks to Mike Wilson, K9 Natural operations manager, a finalist in the Deloitte Top 200 Awards Young Executive of the Year.

Andrew Poole, managing partner of law firm Chapman Tripp talks to NZ Herald reporter Hamish Fletcher about foreign investment, the legal market and business activity in this country.

Deloitte Top 200 Executive of the Year - finalist Rod Duke Chief Executive of the Briscoe Group talks to Herald Business Editor Liam Dann

The first A380 delivered to Emirates completes a 3-C Check, the largest maintenance check on any aircraft. Video supplied by Emirates.

Dr Lester Levy, chairman of the Auckland and Waitemata DHBs, Auckland Transport and Professor of Leadership at the University of Auckland Business School, is only half-joking when he analyses how charismatic leaders often do more harm than good in Sarah Stuart’s 12 Questions.

The Co-operative Bank is pushing to expand its branch presence particularly in Auckland. Chief executive Bruce McLachlan talks to NZ Herald banking reporter Christopher Adams.

The 'Darkhotel' espionage campaign has been unveiled by an IT security company. Some of its activity is tied to the Wi-Fi services of a careful chosen assortment of hotels and business centers in a number of countries. [Video supplied by Kaspersky Lab]

Quality and price are the key words as the judging begins on the Air New Zealand wine awards, meet the judges and hear the success story behind this important export industry.

Kaj Storbacka - Professor - Markets and Strategy, University of Auckland Business School.

The Warehouse Group chief executive Mark Powell speaks with Herald Business Reporter Holly Ryan about the changing face of retail, online and consumer trends.

Auckland Council's Ree Anderson talks to Anne Gibson about Special Housing Areas.

Singapore Airlines' Airbus A380 superjumbo has landed at Auckland Airport twenty minutes ahead of schedule as it starts a five-month summer service. The airline hopes the service will become year round, depending on demand.

Peter Thompson, CEO of Barfoot & Thompson, talks to property editor Anne Gibson about high Auckland house prices and young people’s expectations.

Air New Zealand have begun the retrofit to standardise their 777 fleet to make a better customer experience. NZ Herald writer Grant Bradley spoke with Viv de Bues, General manager of Aircratf Maintenance about the new upgrades and changes being carried out.

Bus company NakedBus is launching what it says is NZ's first bus services offering sleeper beds. Naked Bus is touting the service as the first of its kind in this country. The bus has a toilet on board and will call at Hamilton and Palmerston North. It will offer passengers wifi and a food service. Video supplied.

The New Zealand beef industry is thriving on the back of a big improvement in international prices. Droughts in the United States and Australia have played havoc with global supply, which has taken prices to record highs. Commodities markets can be volatile and hard to predict, Beef and Lamb New Zealand chief executive, Scott Champion, says. But Champion, talking to the New Zealand Herald as part of the "Meet the CEOs" video series, explains why he thinks high prices may be around for some time to come.

Bronze sculptures of Hairy Maclary and his friends are due to be installed on Tauranga’s redeveloped waterfront but support is needed for the final leg.