[3] Green Bay beach is part of the Karaka Park coastal walk.

[4] In pre-European times, the beach was the southern end of Te Toanga Waka, the Whau River portage connecting the Waitematā and Manukau harbours.

At the west end of the beach there was a large Māori pā at Motukaraka (which is today Karaka Park).

[6] New Zealand’s largest wild bird hospital and rescue centre, BirdCare Aotearoa, is based in Green Bay, managing more than 6,000 admissions of sick or injured birds each year.

The results were 69.1% European (Pākehā); 9.0% Māori; 8.7% Pasifika; 24.2% Asian; 2.4% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.3% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,164 (28.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,863 (46.1%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 1,020 (25.3%) people exclusively held high school qualifications.