{"id":411875,"date":"2026-05-04T21:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/411875\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:43:09","slug":"split-enz-neil-finn-buys-aucklands-controversial-edinburgh-castle-pub-in-eden-terrace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/411875\/","title":{"rendered":"Split Enz\u2019 Neil Finn buys Auckland\u2019s controversial Edinburgh Castle pub in Eden Terrace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img  alt=\"Auckland's Edinburgh Castle pub in Eden Terrace has been the site of violence. Photo \/ Google Maps\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Auckland&#8217;s Edinburgh Castle pub in Eden Terrace has been the site of violence. Photo \/ Google Maps<\/p>\n<p class=\"wrLLDwyWye\" style=\"display:none\">Finn was on tour with Split Enz and was unavailable to comment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wrLLDwyWye\" style=\"display:none\">His assistant said Finn planned to transform the venue into a wellness centre, but couldn\u2019t comment further.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wrLLDwyWye\" style=\"display:none\">Restaurateur Chand Sahrawat, who runs The French Cafe directly across from Edinburgh Castle with her husband Sid, said they were excited by the news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wrLLDwyWye\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe site has had its challenges over the years, so a concept centred on wellbeing, connection and a more considered use of the space is a welcome change,\u201d she told RNZ.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wrLLDwyWye\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe see this as a great addition, something that will contribute positively to the energy, safety and overall appeal of the neighbourhood.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Auckland&#8217;s Edinburgh Castle pub in Eden Terrace has been the site of violence. Photo \/ Google Maps Finn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3952,3391,12941,10039,8142,43309,156,168388,37774,38268,78,11788,111,139,69,40123,8692,211790,37775],"class_list":["post-411875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-aucklands","tag-buys","tag-castle","tag-controversial","tag-eden","tag-edinburgh","tag-entertainment","tag-enz","tag-felix","tag-finn","tag-in","tag-neil","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-pub","tag-split","tag-terrace","tag-walton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}