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Rex Haig says he has been denied compensation after serving 10 years in prison for murder before having his conviction quashed.
Former High Court judge Robert Fisher, QC, was appointed by the Government to consider if Mr Haig was eligible, but he understands his compensation bid will be rejected when Justice Minister Simon Power speaks to media this afternoon.
Mr Haig was imprisoned after being found guilty of the 1994 murder of Invercargill fisherman Mark Roderique, a crew member on his fishing boat, the Antares, at Jacksons Bay, on the South Island's West Coast.
In August 2006, nearly two years after Mr Haig was released on parole, the Court of Appeal quashed the murder conviction and found there was an "evidential basis" to suggest Mr Haig's nephew and crewmate, David Hogan, may have been the killer.
Mr Hogan, who was given immunity by police to testify against Mr Haig, denies he was responsible.
Mr Haig told the Herald today he was disappointed.
"But I'm used to them going against me, so it's no big shock."
He said there were still too many unanswered questions over both the killing of Mr Roderique, and the murder of another man, Anton Sherlock, nine days before he was to give evidence at Mr Haig's trial.
