Roseneath is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located east of Oriental Bay and north of Hataitai.

[3] David Wilkinson from Ayrshire, Scotland, was an early Wellington resident and gardener who lived at Oriental Bay in a house named Roseneath Cottage in the 1850s.

Gateways Apartments at 19 Maida Vale Rd, next to the church and school, is a large modernist block of 60 flats built in the 1960s.

A concrete lighthouse was installed in the water off the point in January 1929, replacing an earlier floating light.

[14] Point Jerningham is also the site of New Zealand's only permanent saluting battery, which began operating in 1918.

[15] The New Zealand Army fires four 25-pound guns on special occasions, for example a 21-gun salute for the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.

This building was originally a military barracks situated at Mt Victoria during World War 2.

[20][21][22][23] At the time of unveiling, which was attended by the Mayor of Wellington, John Luke and the Prime Minister, William Massey, the memorial included the names of five soldiers killed in battle.