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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.

2012 |1h 27m |  Crime, History, Drama

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Mark Mitchinson

Jan Molenaar

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Darren Young

Len Snee

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Joel Tobeck

Sam Hoyle

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Miriama Smith

Delwyn Keefe

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Alistair Browning

Mike O'Leary

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Toby Leach

Grant Diver

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Will Hall

Bruce Miller

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Kirk Torrance

Heath Jones

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Peter Feeney

Paul Symonds

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Nathalie Boltt

Vicki Snee

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Jason Whyte

Ryan Wood

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Andrew Robertt

Mike Burne

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Phil Brown

Dennis Hurworth

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Will Wallace

Paul Buckley

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Ray Woolf

Garry Fraser

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Geraldine Brophy

Kris McGehan

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Stephen Hall

Steve Smith

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Damien Avery

Dean Young

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Mark Clare

George Suter

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Stephanie Liebert

Christine Jackman

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Lisa Chappell

Robyn Diver

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Ross McKellar

Tony Miller

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Bede Skinner

Kevin Rooney

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Christine Bartlett

Sharon Hotton

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Maggie Tarver

Elizabeth Greenlink

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Adam Gardiner

Nigel Formosa

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Peter Muller

Nic Clere

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Geoff Dolan

Howard Broad

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Edith Poor

Phillippa Smith

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Michelle Leuthart

Kerri Hendra

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Greg Smith

Gerald Adams

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Kelson Henderson

Mark Glentworth

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Kim Michalis

Carla Gilmore

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Josh McKenzie

Joe Snee

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Status

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Language

English, Hungarian

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