The point is a popular spot for rock jumping.

[1][2] Bulli Point sits in Motutere Bay on the eastern side of Lake Taupō.

It lies close to State Highway 1, less than one kilometre east of Motutere.

The pā may have been named after Pōporo, a Māori name for Solanum aviculare and Solanum laciniatum, a local shrub with white to blue-purple flowers, and yellow to orange fruit,[4] sometimes called bullibulli.

Toitū Te Whenua's New Zealand Gazetteer suggests it may be a contraction of Bull Island Point, as this is what it was recorded as on NZMS 3 N102-6 Te Rangiiti.