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.
Production Countries
Production Companies
Cast
Michelle Leuthart
as Kerri Hendra
Alistair Browning
as Mike O'Leary
Stephen Hall
as Steve Smith
Lisa Chappell
as Robyn Diver
Darren Young
as Len Snee
Phil Brown
as Dennis Hurworth
Mark Clare
as George Suter
Bede Skinner
as Kevin Rooney
Mark Mitchinson
as Jan Molenaar
Joel Tobeck
as Sam Hoyle
Will Wallace
as Paul Buckley
Geraldine Brophy
as Kris McGehan
Peter Muller
as Nic Clere
Will Hall
as Bruce Miller
Jason Whyte
as Ryan Wood
Stephanie Liebert
as Christine Jackman
Christine Bartlett
as Sharon Hotton
Maggie Tarver
as Elizabeth Greenlink
Adam Gardiner
as Nigel Formosa
Geoff Dolan
as Howard Broad
Ray Woolf
as Garry Fraser
Josh McKenzie
as Joe Snee
Toby Leach
as Grant Diver
Kirk Torrance
as Heath Jones
Peter Feeney
as Paul Symonds
Edith Poor
as Phillippa Smith
Miriama Smith
as Delwyn Keefe
Andrew Robertt
as Mike Burne
Damien Avery
as Dean Young
Greg Smith
as Gerald Adams
Kelson Henderson
as Mark Glentworth
Kim Michalis
as Carla Gilmore
Nathalie Boltt
as Vicki Snee
Ross McKellar
as Tony Miller
