Families of the five people killed in the boating tragedy in Kaikoura are still coming to terms with what happened.

An investigation into the capsizing of a charter vessel with 11 people on board is underway.

10 were members of the Nature Photography Society. 

They were on a field trip in apparently calm conditions.

RNZ reporter Samantha Gee spoke to Max Towle from South Bay in Kaikōura.