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December 20, 2025
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Human remains found – Coppermine Island (Mauipane)

Location:

Northland

Earlier today Police were alerted to human remains being located on Coppermine Island (Mauipane), east of Whangārei.

Police have since recovered the remains and commenced the formal identification process.

At this early stage, Police are unable to advise how long the remains may have been on the island.

The formal identification process is expected to take some time and no further information is available at this time.

ENDS

Issued by Police Media Centre.

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December 19, 2025
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Steam Deck Client Update: December 19th

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Stable channel.

General

Selecting Sleep in the Power menu will now prompt the user to enter Display-off downloads when appropriate.
Fixed intermittent in-game purchase failures for some games.
Fixed news items not updating in the “What’s New” tab on the Home screen.
Fixed non-Steam browser windows erroneously being created sometimes when steamwebhelper is restarted.
On the Bluetooth settings screen, we will now detect and notify the player when trying to pair/connect an Xbox controller with older firmware versions that cannot properly connect to Steam Deck. To fix these issues you must connect the controller to a Windows PC and update the firmware via the Xbox Accessories App.

Accessibility

Moved the Screen Reader’s “Stop Talking” button to X so that external gamepads can still open the Quick Access Menu with Guide button + their equivalent of A button.

Friends & Chat

Suspicious or harassing group chat messages can be reported directly in the chat window by selecting the message and pressing ‘Options’. You can optionally block and/or unfriend the other user while submitting the report.

Remote Play

Fixed being unable to move the mouse to another monitor when using touch controls on the Steam Link app.

Steam Input

Promoted the newer gyro modes from beta to the default gyro modes loaded. Older configuration that are using the older modes will still see the option and you can also enable Steam Input dev mode under Settings->Developer to keep them visible all the time.
Adjusted Dualsense “Create” and “Options” glyphs for better recall.
In all Gyro Modes, when selecting multiple gyro activation buttons, you can also choose whether “Any” or “All” buttons are required to Enable/Suppress/Toggle the gyro.
Gyro Haptic On/Off effect is now separated from Gyro Haptic Rotation Effect.
Added an “Invert Input” toggle in “Regular Press” activator settings. When enabled, this causes button presses to generate releases, and vice versa.
Gyro to Joystick Deflection Mode: Added “Use Relative Roll” & “Use Relative Pitch” toggles. When enabled, this makes the output Joystick deflection relative to the controller’s pose since the Gyro’s activation. i.e. turning on the gyro will always center the stick output. When disabled, the deflection angle is absolute vs. the controller’s gravity sensor. Previously this was only possible for “Pitch” (old name: “World Auto Tilt”), but it’s now available for Roll as well.
Gyro to Joystick Deflection: “Relative Roll” and “Relative Pitch” toggles are only available if a Gyro Activation Button is selected, because the angles are relative to the pose of the controller each time the Gyro is activated.
Fixed Dualsense Edge, Xbox Elite, Nintendo JoyCons in paired mode not finding the correct config to edit.
Fixed Gyro to Joystick Deflection: Lock Extents not working as intended.
Fixed Gyro to Joystick Deflection: Some combinations of “Relative Roll” and “Relative Pitch” toggles resulted in zero joystick output.

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December 19, 2025
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Steam Client Update – December 19th

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

General

The Steam client is now 64-bit on Windows 11 and Windows 10 64-bit.
- Systems running 32-bit versions of Windows will continue receiving updates to the 32-bit Steam client until January 1, 2026.
Fixed non-Steam browser windows erroneously being created sometimes when steamwebhelper is restarted.

Game Recording

Fixed errors copying to clipboard or exporting H265 videos on systems with a NVIDIA 50xx series gpu.

Friends & Chat

Suspicious or harassing group chat messages can now be reported directly in the chat window by right clicking the message. You can optionally block and/or unfriend the other user while submitting the report.

Big Picture Mode

Fixed intermittent in-game purchase failures for some games.

Remote Play

Fixed being unable to move the mouse to another monitor when using touch controls on the Steam Link app.

Steam Input

Added support for Nintendo Switch 2 controllers connected over USB on Windows
Added support for GameCube adapters in Wii-U mode with rumble on Windows
Added an “Invert Input” toggle in “Regular Press” activator settings. When enabled, this causes button presses to generate releases, and vice versa.
Promoted the newer gyro modes from beta to the default gyro modes loaded. Older configuration that are using the older modes will still see the option and you can also enable Steam Input dev mode under Settings->Developer to keep them visible all the time.
Adjusted Dualsense “Create” and “Options” glyphs for better recall.
In all Gyro Modes, when selecting multiple gyro activation buttons, you can also choose whether “Any” or “All” buttons are required to Enable/Suppress/Toggle the gyro.
Gyro Haptic On/Off effect is now separated from Gyro Haptic Rotation Effect.
Gyro to Joystick Deflection Mode: Added “Use Relative Roll” & “Use Relative Pitch” toggles. When enabled, this makes the output Joystick deflection relative to the controller’s pose since the Gyro’s activation. i.e. turning on the gyro will always center the stick output. When disabled, the deflection angle is absolute vs. the controller’s gravity sensor. Previously this was only possible for “Pitch” (old name: “World Auto Tilt”), but it’s now available for Roll as well.
Gyro to Joystick Deflection: “Relative Roll” and “Relative Pitch” toggles are only available if a Gyro Activation Button is selected, because the angles are relative to the pose of the controller each time the Gyro is activated.
Fixed a case where the desktop version of the configurator could unexpectedly close when trying to preview a configuration for another game on the Search tab
Fixed Dualsense Edge, Xbox Elite, Nintendo JoyCons in paired mode not finding the correct config to edit.
Fixed Gyro to Joystick Deflection: Lock Extents not working as intended.
Fixed Gyro to Joystick Deflection: Some combinations of “Relative Roll” and “Relative Pitch” toggles resulted in zero joystick output.

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December 19, 2025
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Further appeal for information following Queens Park arson

Location:

Southern

Police are continuing to investigate following an arson in Queens Park, Windsor on Wednesday 3 December.

Police received a report at around 12:20am that four vehicles had been deliberately set alight.

As part of our investigations, we would like to hear from anyone who was on or around Queens Drive between 12am and 12:30am on Wednesday 3 December , or anyone with information that could assist.

Please contact Police via 105 either over the phone or online, referencing file number 251203/6133.

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December 19, 2025
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Former travel agent sentenced over fraud that ‘knew no depths’

Location:

Auckland City

A former travel agent with no hesitations in ripping off her former employers and acquaintances will face 12 months home detention.

The 29-year-old Waihi woman has been convicted on 16 fraud offences including making a false statement, after a lengthy investigation run by the Auckland City Financial Crime Unit.

Her victims were deceived out of more than $62,000.

This week in the Auckland District Court a reparation order was made for $15,102 to be paid within 14 days of sentencing and $40,904 to be paid at $200 week.

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December 19, 2025
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Five arrested in Waikato drug bust

Location:

Waikato

Waikato East Police arrested and charged five people when executing search warrants in relation to suspected local drug suppliers.

Approximately 16 staff from Waikato East Criminal Investigation Branch, Prevention and Public Safety Team undertook warrants for drug offending in Matamata, Te Aroha and Whangamatā over three days last week.

In Matamata, two women from separate addresses were arrested and charged with supplying methamphetamine. They are due to in Hamilton District Court on 5 and 15 January.

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December 19, 2025
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Drugged driver taken off the road after roadside test

Location:

Wellington

The new oral fluid screening testing has netted its first result after a man tested positive for methamphetamine at a checkpoint in Wellington.

People who have consumed impairing drugs should simply not be on our roads, says Superintendent Steve Greally, Director of Road Policing.

“We make no apology for screening drivers to see if they’ve recently used drugs, and getting a drugged driver off our roads makes them safer.”

A 40-year-old man, who had his young daughter in the car, was asked to pull into a checkpoint on Hutt Road last night just before 9pm.

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December 19, 2025
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Media advisory: Happy holidays from the Police Media Centre + operating hours

Location:

National News

On behalf of New Zealand Police, we wish all our media friends a safe and happy holiday season.

Like many of you, we’ll continue to be available throughout the holiday period.

The Media Centre will operate from 6am to 9pm weekdays, excluding Christmas Day, when the team will be available from 7am.

Our usual weekend hours of 7am to 9pm remain unchanged.

As always, information on any significant events outside these hours will be issued proactively.

Please note that Police National Headquarters is closed for the holiday period from the end of today.

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December 18, 2025
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Seventy-seven new cops on the beat

Location:

National News

Seventy-seven new hats flew into the air as wing 391, the final graduating police wing of 2025, celebrated the end of their initial training from the New Zealand Police College (RNZPC) this afternoon.

Police Commissioner Richard Chambers, members of the police executive and wing patron, Louisa Wall – Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Waikato, Ngāti Hineuru congratulated the 77 new graduating constables alongside their families and friends.

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December 18, 2025
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Police release details on offender in Teishallia Te Paea homicide investigation

Location:

Eastern

Police investigating the murder of 37-year-old Teishallia Te Paea in Camberley in October are hoping an offender profile released today will help identify them.

Emergency services were called to an address in Kotuku Street, Camberley, on 29 October, after Teishallia’s body was located.

Sadly, her body had lain undiscovered for likely several weeks, as attempts had been made to conceal her.

Detective Inspector Martin James says Police are determined to get answers for Teishallia’s family.