Siege
5.8
87 minutes
6/17/2012
Overview
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.
Cast List
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