[3] The suburb is a large employment area mainly composed of industrial (manufacturing, with some office) properties off Rosebank Road (with 813 businesses operating here in 2009).

[3] There is one "open space" area, the Rosebank Park Domain in the northwest of the peninsula, almost solely used for go-karting and as a speedway (leased from Council).

A number of archeological remains exist along the northern part of the peninsula, including old Maori middens, a tramway and remnants of a limeworks and early housing sites.

[4] Pollen engaged with British potter James Wright to create the first commercial scale crockery kiln in New Zealand at the location.

[4] Shells taken from the banks of Motumānawa / Pollen Island were processed at the brickworks, in order to create lime for the brick and concrete industries.