Siege
Siege
On the 7th of May 2009, Senior Constables Len Snee, Grant Diver and Bruce Miller arrived at 41 Chaucer Rd in Napier to serve a search warrant on Jan Molenaar for the growing of cannabis. This was just a routine warrant, something they had done countless times. What was meant to be an ordinary procedure turned into three of New Zealand’s darkest days and ended with one police officer dead, two officers critically injured and a member of the public fighting for his life. In some fifty hours Jan Molenaar made a permanent and devastating imprint upon the national psyche of New Zealand as he changed the lives of individuals, families, a police community, and a city. The siege was one of the worst and unexpected cases of violence both Napier and New Zealand had witnessed and it was all the more shocking because of its ordinary suburban backdrop.
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Mark Mitchinson
as Jan Molenaar
Nathalie Boltt
as Vicki Snee
Will Wallace
as Paul Buckley
Christine Bartlett
as Sharon Hotton
Miriama Smith
as Delwyn Keefe
Kirk Torrance
as Heath Jones
Phil Brown
as Dennis Hurworth
Geraldine Brophy
as Kris McGehan
Stephen Hall
as Steve Smith
Bede Skinner
as Kevin Rooney
Toby Leach
as Grant Diver
Mark Clare
as George Suter
Peter Muller
as Nic Clere
Geoff Dolan
as Howard Broad
Kelson Henderson
as Mark Glentworth
Kim Michalis
as Carla Gilmore
Josh McKenzie
as Joe Snee
Peter Feeney
as Paul Symonds
Michelle Leuthart
as Kerri Hendra
Darren Young
as Len Snee
Will Hall
as Bruce Miller
Damien Avery
as Dean Young
Stephanie Liebert
as Christine Jackman
Joel Tobeck
as Sam Hoyle
Andrew Robertt
as Mike Burne
Ross McKellar
as Tony Miller
Adam Gardiner
as Nigel Formosa
Jason Whyte
as Ryan Wood
Ray Woolf
as Garry Fraser
Lisa Chappell
as Robyn Diver
Maggie Tarver
as Elizabeth Greenlink
Edith Poor
as Phillippa Smith
Greg Smith
as Gerald Adams
Alistair Browning
as Mike O'Leary
