Siege

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Mark Mitchinson

Jan Molenaar

Age : 57 | Popularity : 3%

Darren Young

Len Snee

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jon Cummings

Lenny Holmwood

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Joel Tobeck

Sam Hoyle

Age : 52 | Popularity : 18%

Miriama Smith

Delwyn Keefe

Age : 47 | Popularity : 13%

Alistair Browning

Mike O'Leary

Age : 65 | Popularity : 5%

Toby Leach

Grant Diver

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Will Hall

Bruce Miller

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	John Banas
Directing	Director	Mike Smith
Production	Producer	Riccardo Pellizzeri Bridget Bourke
	Executive Producer	Philly de Lacey
Art	Production Design	Chris Elliot
Camera	Director of Photography	DJ Stipsen
Editing	Editor	Margot Francis
Department	Role	Name

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