Lance Burdett

This week's siege of a house near Kawerau where four police officers were shot has highlighted the importance of negotiation. The alleged offender gave himself up without a fight after an overnight… Audio

Lance Burdett is a former national advisor to police negotiation teams, and was involved in the 2009 siege in Napier. Audio

A former New Zealand police negotator says the deaths of two of the hostages in the Sydney siege will have a terrible impact on everyone, including the New South Wales hostage negotiation team. Audio

The police investigating the suspicious death of a man whose body was found in a central Hamilton street still don't know who he was. Audio