Police are due to provide an update this morning, on the ongoing manhunt following the fatal bus stabbing in Auckland

A person has died in hospital after being stabbed on a bus in Onehunga yesterday afternoon.

Armed police have been out in force in Onehunga overnight, and local councillor Josephine Bartley says detectives have identified a suspect.

Police Minister Mark Mitchell has told RNZ, it seems like a senseless attack.

He says the priority for Police has been to locate, arrest and charge the offender.