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  • December 26, 2025
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Steam Client Beta – December 26th

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

Steam Input

  • Add launch option to conditionally enable Nintendo Switch 2 and GameCube adapter support. To use, launch Steam with the -enablepro2 option.

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  • December 26, 2025
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Body located – Port Waikato


Location:

Counties Manukau

Police Eagle has sadly located a body at Port Waikato, which is believed to be the man who went missing while jet skiing on Christmas Day.

Police will be referring the matter to the Coroner.

Our deepest thoughts and sympathies are with the man’s family at this extremely difficult time.

ENDS

Issued by Police Media Centre

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  • December 26, 2025
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Police Commissioner goes back on the beat for Rhythm and Vines, New Year’s Eve


Location:

National News

Police Commissioner Richard Chambers will be on the beat in Nelson on New Year’s Eve working alongside frontline staff, as well as policing at Rhythm and Vines in Gisborne in late December.

Commissioner Chambers says: “Being in Nelson this New Year’s Eve is the right place for me to be. It will be a year since our much-loved colleague Lyn Fleming was killed and I wanted to be there to back up the staff who’d worked alongside her, and to remember her.

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  • December 26, 2025
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Sudden death, Piha


Location:

Waitematā

Police received report of a person washed away by waves on Piha Beach around 12.30pm.

The Police Eagle was deployed to help locate the person, sadly they were located and confirmed deceased around 1.20pm.

Their death will be referred to the Coroner.

ENDS

Issued by Police Media Centre

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  • December 25, 2025
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Man charged after Hornby incident


Location:

Canterbury

Attributable to Detective Sergeant Luke Vaughan:

A man was due to appear in court today following an incident in Hornby yesterday evening.

Police received multiple calls shortly after 6:30pm reporting a male being chased by others on Amyes Road, one with a firearm in their possession.

Several vehicles in the area then fled the scene.

Police went to the hospital, where one person was found to have a suspected gunshot wound which is not considered life threatening. Officers also spoke to several other people at the hospital.

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  • December 25, 2025
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Update: Man speaking to Police in relation to Ruatiti homicide


Location:

Central

Please attribute to Central District Commander Superintendent Dion Bennett:

The 29-year-old man Police required to speak to about a double homicide in Ruatiti on Saturday 13 December has handed himself into Police custody.

Police launched a homicide investigation following the deaths of 56-year-old Brendon Leigh Cole and 54-year-old Trina Michelle Cole at a rural property in Ruatiti.

The man was identified as someone Police needed to speak to in relation to the investigation.

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  • December 25, 2025
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Steam Deck Beta Client Update: December 24th

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.

General

  • Fixed apps not showing in Add Non-Steam Game dialog after browsing for them.

  • Fixed Windows games intermittently not showing as installable on when a valid Proton mapping is selected.

  • Fixed certain games using Steam DRM exiting unexpectedly, including Mafia II and Football Manager 2012.

Steam Input

  • Temporarily disabled support of Nintendo Switch 2 and GameCube adapters in native mode to address reports of crashing with other controllers.

  • Fixed controller configurations showing up blank when the “Enabled Guide Button Chords” option is disabled.

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  • December 25, 2025
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Steam Client Beta – December 24th

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:

General

  • Fixed certain games using Steam DRM exiting unexpectedly, including Mafia II (Classic) and Football Manager 2012.

Linux

  • Fixed apps not showing in Add Non-Steam Game dialog after browsing for them.

  • Fixed Windows games intermittently not showing as installable on when a valid Proton mapping is selected.

Steam Input

  • Temporarily disabled support of Nintendo Switch 2 and GameCube adapters in native mode to address reports of crashing with other controllers.

  • Fixed controller configurations showing up blank when the “Enabled Guide Button Chords” option is disabled.

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  • December 24, 2025
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Trio arrested after aggravated robbery


Location:

Waikato

Police have arrested three youths following a swift response to reports of an aggravated robbery in Hamilton this morning.

About 6:40am, Police were alerted to the aggravated robbery on Mill Street, involving a stolen vehicle.

Thankfully, nobody was injured, however the offenders made off with two cash tills, among other items, says Hamilton City Area Commander Inspector Neil Faulkner.

“Police acted on previous information that a number of stolen vehicles had been dumped on Horne Street, and began making enquiries in the area.

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  • December 24, 2025
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Hamilton homicide: Man charged with murder


Location:

Waikato

Please attribute to Detective Inspector Daryl Smith, District Manager Criminal Investigations:

Police have arrested and charged a man with murder in relation to the death of Jason Poa, also known as Jason Tipene, in Hamilton last week.

Mr Poa died at a Lake Crescent address last Thursday, 18 December.

Today, Police arrested a 21-year-old man at an address in Chartwell. He is due to appear in the Hamilton District Court on Friday 26 December on a murder charge.

Police are not seeking anybody else in relation to the death.

ENDS