Police have met with the family of the man shot dead by police on Friday to talk to them about the results of a post-mortem which revealed he was shot in the torso.
Mike Taylor was shot by police on his property on County Rd, in the Karangahake Gorge, after he allegedly threatened police staff responding to a callout.
A post-mortem was completed on Saturday as part of the police investigation.
This follows partner Natalie Avery's claim to Fairfax that Mr Taylor "had nothing in his hands" and was walking away from them when she said police fired two shots.
"He had his f***ing back to them. And he had his hands up in the air.