Police say a man shot dead in Paeroa yesterday was shot in the torso, not in the back as his partner claims.
A post-mortem was completed today as part of the police investigation into the incident that led to Mike Taylor's death.
Police said as a result they could confirm he was "shot in the torso as he allegedly threatened police staff who were responding to the incident."
The statement followed Natalie Avery's claim to Fairfax that her partner Mike Taylor "had nothing in his hands" and was walking away from them when she says police fired two shots.
"He had his f***ing back to them. And he had his hands up in the air.