The book claimed Mr Mapp later told the friend the raid was ""our biggest and most disastrous operation". The book stated that he called the raid "a fiasco". Two of those killed were found with bullet wounds rather than injuries from the weapons of the Apache helicopters, the book stated. When questions were raised about the raid, Mr Key said: "We don't discuss the detail of SAS operations. Tonight the New Zealand Defence Force said it stood by the statement it made on 20 April 2011.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 21, 2017 07:52 UTC