Siege
87 mins
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.
Jon Cummings
Lenny Holmwood
Mark Warren
Brad Clark
Laurie Dee
Kevin Kalff
Ross Stokes
Tim Smith
Edward Peni
Raj Cotter
Fred McFall
Fred McCready
Ingrid Leary
Diane Lewisham
Rohan Mouldey
Andy Steele
Mike Smith
Director
Bridget Bourke
Producer
Chris Elliot
Production Design
Margot Francis
Editor
Riccardo Pellizzeri
Producer