The presence of coronary artery "insufficiency" was unlikely to have played a part in the death of a Wairoa man who died after a fall during a hunting accident last May.
Rather, coroner Chris Devonport found 48-year-old Jerry Joe had died from the injuries sustained when he fell down a steep bank while out pig-hunting with two friends.
Mr Joe went hunting on May 29 on a farm at Raupunga.
On arriving, he noticed a pig in one of the bottom paddocks and let his dog off after it. He told his two companions to go on without him and headed down to the paddocks. He failed to return to meet up with his companions at an agreed time so they set out to look for him.
He was eventually found at the foot of a steep hill. His rifle was found leaning against a fence.