Siege (2012)
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.
Director: Mike Smith
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Mark Mitchinson as Jan Molenaar |
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Darren Young as Len Snee |
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Jon Cummings as Lenny Holmwood |
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Joel Tobeck as Sam Hoyle |
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Miriama Smith as Delwyn Keefe |
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Alistair Browning as Mike O'Leary |
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Toby Leach as Grant Diver |
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Will Hall as Bruce Miller |
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Kirk Torrance as Heath Jones |
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Mark Warren as Brad Clark |
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Peter Feeney as Paul Symonds |
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Nathalie Boltt as Vicki Snee |
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Laurie Dee as Kevin Kalff |
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Jason Whyte as Ryan Wood |
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Andrew Robertt as Mike Burne |
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Phil Brown as Dennis Hurworth |
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Will Wallace as Paul Buckley |
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Ray Woolf as Garry Fraser |
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Geraldine Brophy as Kris McGehan |
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Stephen Hall as Steve Smith |
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Damien Avery as Dean Young |
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Mark Clare as George Suter |
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Stephanie Liebert as Christine Jackman |
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Lisa Chappell as Robyn Diver |
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Ross Stokes as Tim Smith |
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Ross McKellar as Tony Miller |
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Bede Skinner as Kevin Rooney |
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Christine Bartlett as Sharon Hotton |
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Maggie Tarver as Elizabeth Greenlink |
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Edward Peni as Raj Cotter |
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Adam Gardiner as Nigel Formosa |
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Peter Muller as Nic Clere |
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Geoff Dolan as Howard Broad |
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Edith Poor as Phillippa Smith |
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Michelle Leuthart as Kerri Hendra |
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Greg Smith as Gerald Adams |
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Fred McFall as Fred McCready |
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Ingrid Leary as Diane Lewisham |
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Kelson Henderson as Mark Glentworth |
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Rohan Mouldey as Andy Steele |
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Kim Michalis as Carla Gilmore |
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Josh McKenzie as Joe Snee |
| Production | Philly de Lacey | Executive Producer |
| Production | Riccardo Pellizzeri | Producer |
| Production | Bridget Bourke | Producer |
| Art | Chris Elliot | Production Design |
| Camera | DJ Stipsen | Director of Photography |
| Writing | John Banas | Writer |
| Directing | Mike Smith | Director |
| Editing | Margot Francis | Editor |
