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.

4.8

87 min

Cast

Mark Mitchinson

as Jan Molenaar

Darren Young

as Len Snee

Jon Cummings

as Lenny Holmwood

Joel Tobeck

as Sam Hoyle

Miriama Smith

as Delwyn Keefe

Alistair Browning

as Mike O'Leary

Toby Leach

as Grant Diver

Will Hall

as Bruce Miller

Kirk Torrance

as Heath Jones

Mark Warren

as Brad Clark

Peter Feeney

as Paul Symonds

Nathalie Boltt

as Vicki Snee

Laurie Dee

as Kevin Kalff

Jason Whyte

as Ryan Wood

Andrew Robertt

as Mike Burne

Phil Brown

as Dennis Hurworth

Will Wallace

as Paul Buckley

Ray Woolf

as Garry Fraser

Geraldine Brophy

as Kris McGehan

Stephen Hall

as Steve Smith

Damien Avery

as Dean Young

Mark Clare

as George Suter

Stephanie Liebert

as Christine Jackman

Lisa Chappell

as Robyn Diver

Ross Stokes

as Tim Smith

Ross McKellar

as Tony Miller

Bede Skinner

as Kevin Rooney

Christine Bartlett

as Sharon Hotton

Maggie Tarver

as Elizabeth Greenlink

Edward Peni

as Raj Cotter

Adam Gardiner

as Nigel Formosa

Peter Muller

as Nic Clere

Geoff Dolan

as Howard Broad

Edith Poor

as Phillippa Smith

Michelle Leuthart

as Kerri Hendra

Greg Smith

as Gerald Adams

Fred McFall

as Fred McCready

Ingrid Leary

as Diane Lewisham

Kelson Henderson

as Mark Glentworth

Rohan Mouldey

as Andy Steele

Kim Michalis

as Carla Gilmore

Josh McKenzie

as Joe Snee

Director

Mike Smith