Napier police shooting

Mid-morning on May 7 2009, Napier was put into lockdown after Senior Constable Len Snee of Taradale was shot and killed at a Chaucer Road address, close to the downtown city centre. Two other officers were injured and taken to hospital, along with a civilian with serious injuries.

Jan Molenaar was identified as the gunman. He continued to defy police, preventing their efforts to retrieve Snee's body where it had fallen. The standoff continued until May 9, when Molenaar's body was found in the house.

Napier Police Shooting - Full Coverage

Still no suspects or motive for Hutt Valley shooting

Detectives still have no motive and no suspects in relation to a Lower Hutt home invasion on Wednesday night, which left a man shot and a woman beaten.

November 14, 2009, 6:39 am

Window blasted out in Porirua robbery
Porirua police are hunting three robbers who fired a shotgun to blast their way through the front window of a service station in Mana.
November 13, 2009, 2:05 pm
BP station robbed by men with shotgun
Three men armed with a shotgun robbed a Porirua service station overnight.
November 13, 2009, 12:08 pm
Bravery award for Napier siege hero
A victim of the Napier siege has been given a bravery award for his role in trying to disarm gunman Jan Molenaar.
November 13, 2009, 9:32 am
Police hope to speak to home invasion shooting victim
Police are hoping to speak today to the second victim of a Lower Hutt home invasion, after he was shot in the Wednesday night attack.
November 13, 2009, 8:30 am
Civilian shot in Napier siege awarded bravery medal
Reluctant hero Len Holmwood was today given a bravery award for his role in trying to disarm Napier gunman Jan Molenaar during an armed siege in which he and three police officers were shot earlier this year.
November 12, 2009, 3:40 pm
Lower Hutt attack likely planned
Police are urging Lower Hutt residents not to panic about four offenders who are still on the loose following a shooting in Stokes Valley last night.
November 12, 2009, 9:33 am
Man critical after shooting
A 24-year-old man is critically ill after being shot in the chest in Christchurch last night.
November 12, 2009, 8:25 am
Man shot after series of incidents in Chch
A man is in a critical condition with gunshot wounds to his chest after a series of incidents in Christchurch.
November 12, 2009, 8:19 am
Shots fired in Lower Hutt home invasion
A man was shot and a woman has head injuries after four armed offenders kicked down the door of their Lower Hutt home last night.
November 12, 2009, 4:33 am
Lower Hutt man shot by armed intruders
Police are hunting for four offenders who broke into a Lower Hutt home and shot one person and bashed another in the head with a rifle.
November 12, 2009, 4:14 am
Teen injured in Hawke's Bay crash now critical
A teenager airlifted to Wellington Hospital following a horror double fatal smash in Hawke's Bay on Saturday has deteriorated in hospital.
November 4, 2009, 7:13 am
Police sure they were shot at as car sped by
Two police officers who attempted to stop a couple in a stolen Land Rover in North Otago in February, are in no doubt they were shot at as it sped past their road block.
November 3, 2009, 4:26 pm
Hunter cops $8500 fine for shooting white swans
A Canterbury hunter has been fined $8500 for shooting two rare and protected white swans.
November 3, 2009, 9:32 am
Man in Rotorua Hospital with gunshot wound
A 38-year-old man has been taken to Rotorua Hospital with a gunshot wound to his chest.
November 2, 2009, 4:59 pm
Man appears in court after cats shot
A Christchurch man has appeared in Christchurch District Court today accused of shooting his cats on his 58th birthday.
November 2, 2009, 1:31 pm
NZ troops come under attack in Bamyan
Shots have been fired at a patrol from the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan.
November 2, 2009, 10:13 am
Driver recalls fatal Hawke's Bay van crash
Teenagers involved in a horror double fatal smash in Hawke's Bay on Saturday probably chose the least drunk of them to drive them home from a party, a relative of one of the dead says.
November 2, 2009, 5:26 am
No anger, just a lesson - crash victim's mother
The mother of a teenager killed in a double-fatal crash in Hawke's Bay yesterday has urged awareness about drink-driving dangers.
November 1, 2009, 5:32 pm