The suburb is home to a Fonterra milk plant, the Addison housing development, as well as international horse breeding facilities throughout the area.

The first successful aeroplane flights in New Zealand were made in Takanini in February 1911, when Vivian Walsh and his brother Leo flew a Howard Wright 1910 Biplane named the Manurewa at Glenora Park (an area near the modern-day Southgate Shopping Centre).

A major Kiwibuild building project is being realised on surplus Defence Force land, east of Great South Road.

The McLennan housing development next to Bruce Pulman Park was built on the former army base, made much smaller in the 2010's.

Only the SAS troops remain in a small army barracks on the corner of Walters Rd and Grove Road.

The Auckland Southern Motorway and the North Island Main Trunk railway run through Takanini.

Sports facilities include a scout hall, a gymnastics stadium (the home of Counties-Manukau Gymnastics, a number of outside netball courts now supported by the large-scale Counties-Manukau indoor stadium used for basketball, volleyball, and netball.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be a part of the inauguration team with Sikh Community leaders.

According to the Daljit Singh, Chief Spokesperson of Supreme Sikh Society of New Zealand, SSC comprises 7 grounds of different sports like Soccer, Volleyball, netball, Kabbadi and Athletics.