The man charged after an 11-month-old baby was rushed to hospital with critical injuries on Sunday can now be named.
Kurtis David Innes, 35, was remanded in custody after he appeared in the Waitākere District Court on Monday.
Innes was charged with assaulting an 11-month-old child when he appeared via video link in front of a Community Magistrate.
On Sunday the baby boy was in hospital fighting for his life after police found him with critical injuries in the West Auckland suburb of Swanson at 8am.
It's understood the baby was not Innes' biological child but that he referred to the boy as his son.