The authorities investigating the cause of a collision between a jet-boat and a jet ski on the Kawarau River last month have denied they have found the jet-boat was on the wrong side of the river at the time of the accident.
Jet-boat driver Lawrence Brett Singleton (51) and passenger Anton Oskar Woitasek (34), both of Queenstown, were killed in the collision on a wide bend of the river, near Frankton on January 5.
Mark Clay (21) and Emma Eckhold (19), both of Invercargill, were on the jet ski and were seriously injured.
Three separate investigations into the crash conducted by police, Maritime New Zealand and the Transport Accident Investigation Commission were ongoing.
However, Mr Clay's father, Colin, was reported in the Southland Times on Saturday as saying he had had it confirmed from investigators that the jet-boat was on the wrong side of the river at the time of the collision.
However, Detective Sergeant Grahme Bartlett, of Queenstown, said the investigations were continuing and no charges had been laid.
"The police and maritime authorities have made no determination of any fault as yet.
"We are far from it.
"We expect it to be at least another two months before a decision is made on the inquiry."
Statements were still being taken from people police had not been able to talk to until now, he said.
A spokesman for the Transport Accident Investigation Commission also said a determination had not yet been made.
"We wouldn't apportion blame anyway. That is up to the police and the maritime authority."
It has been more than three weeks since the collision and Miss Eckhold remains in a stable condition in the intensive care unit at Dunedin Hospital.
Her condition is still listed as serious.
Mark Clay is recovering after having surgery to pin his broken femur.
