Police this afternoon said the bodies had been taken to a nearby temporary mortuary facility for formal identification, which may take a number of days.
Meanwhile, weather conditions at the glacier have deteriorated and the recovery operation has been halted for the day.
Police earlier today released the names of the six tourists who died in yesterday's crash alongside 28-year-old pilot Mitch Gameren.
Among them were two couples from the UK.
They were Britons Andrew Virco (50), Katharine Walker (51), Nigel Edwin Charlton (66), Cynthia Charlton (70), and Australians Sovannmony Leang (27) and Josephine Gibson (29).
The seven perished when when the Alpine Adventures aircraft they were in crashed into a heavily crevassed area. Earlier, cloudy weather brought operations to a standstill.
Alpine Adventures spokesman Mike Nolan said dismal weather hampered progress this morning and it could be days before all the families had closure.
"The weather is certainly hampering efforts. It looks like inclement weather for a further two or three days unfortunately. But hopefully there are some breaks in-between where they can make progress - but at this stage it's really slow."
Mr Nolan said light drizzle and "very, very low cloud" around the mountains and below the accident site was an impediment to the search.
"It's absolutely tragic. And our thoughts are just with the families at the moment, of the pilot and the passengers."
He said it was too soon to know what might have caused the crash, but police, the Civil Aviation Authority and Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) were investigating.
Victims' details
Ms Walker and Mr Virco are survived by adult children.
Ms Walker was the head of radiotherapy at Addenbrooke's Hospital.
In her biography on the hospital website, Ms Walker said she had worked there for 23 years.
"I've worked my way through plenty of different roles in radiotherapy, from treatment planning and scanning, to radiotherapy itself and clinical tutoring.
"A big part of what I do here is to work nationally, raising its profile and demystifying it. I have a lot of administrative duties as well, including recruitment and procurement, which are all a part of the process and things that I enjoy, but what gives me the most satisfaction is the tangible result of all our hard work."
Ms Walker celebrated her 50th birthday in March.
Photographs on her Facebook page show her enjoying her birthday party with family and friends.
The Charltons were from Romsey in Hampshire, England.
According to his Facebook page, Mr Charlton attended medical school from 1968 to 1973 and it is understood he studied dentistry and owned his own private practice for many years.
The couple are survived by adult children and it is understood they had a number of grandchildren.
Tributes flow
The pilot's sister, Brooke Gameren, wrote a tribute message to her brother on Facebook.
I love you heaps...Fly high."
Mr Gameren's good friend Kyle Paterson also wrote short heartfelt messages on Facebook, and shared a picture of Mr Gameren with the words "RIP my old friend."
"I always think of Mitch with that cheeky smile and mischief shining from his eyes," another family friend wrote online.
"He was the best of the best...Loved him dearly like my lil bro," yet another friend posted.
Mr Gameren's stepfather Kelly Bray said this morning he was still awaiting further news from authorities about the search.
He remembered him yesterday as an "all-round good guy".
"He loved the outdoors. He enjoyed the West Coast because he liked the hunting and fishing side of it."
Family, friends and colleagues posted numerous online tributes for Gameren last night.
Friend and fellow pilot Jamie Henery posted on Facebook: "For those who have been asking I am okay. Very sad day. For we have lost a good man and friend. Please excuse me if I do not call back or respond."
Christina Olayan wrote: "He was my hero! And will be for an long time to come! Love you like a brother Mitch!"
"Bro, I'm choked up. Love that guy. Love you too man. No words," added Evan McWhirter.
'Tragic' - PM
Prime Minister John Key said the crash was "obviously very tragic", and he had passed his condolences for the loss of the Australians' lives to Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull when he met him last night.
Asked about any effect on visitor numbers, Mr Key, also Minister of Tourism, said he did not think it would put people off coming here, or undertaking adventure tourism activities.
"Most people are aware there is a degree of risk when you get in a helicopter. But, having said that, there needs to be a full investigation. We need to understand whether it was the weather that caused this issue."
Yesterday, Inspector John Canning said the crash scene was covered in heavy cloud and recovery would probably take some days.
The crash site was about 2500ft (760m) up the glacier.
Debris was spread over several hundred metres of deep ice crevices, with wreckage of the seven-seater Eurocopter Squirrel helicopter wedged between house-sized blocks of ice. A dark scorch mark is also visible over the area where the helicopter made impact with the glacier.
TAIC intended to find, identify, record, and recover the wreckage. But TAIC general manager Peter Northcote confirmed the wreckage was strewn about in crevassed and snow-covered terrain, presenting safety and access challenges.
"The investigation team has reviewed initial scene photography and is working in conjunction with the police recovery operation, LandSAR, Alpine Cliff Rescue, and helicopter operators," Mr Northcote said in a statement this morning.
''Investigators have secured aircraft related records and [are] beginning to work with the helicopter operator and other potential witnesses," he added.
"The Commission has a team of four deployed to Fox Glacier, including two investigators with helicopter pilot and engineering expertise, a consulting helicopter engineering expert, and a liaison and logistics manager."
Alpine Adventures spokesman Quentin Arnold told the Herald on Sunday the company would carry out its own investigation.
"We don't know why [the helicopter crashed], we don't know how."
