The body pulled from the Waitemata Harbour on Sunday afternoon has been identified as belonging to Indian student Mandeep Singh.
The 20-year-old had gone missing after a night out with friends almost two weeks ago.
Auckland City police have confirmed the body found at 2pm on Sunday by crew aboard police launch Deodar belonged to Mr Singh.
His death is now the subject of a Coroner's enquiry.
Police had been looking around the harbour and CBD area for signs of the culinary student, who was last seen in a nightclub at the Viaduct in the early hours of October 11.