Next week on Home and Away in the UK, Summer Bay reels when Tane becomes a wanted man, as we meet an elusive character for the first time.

Tane (Ethan Browne) is officially a man on the run next week, after absconding from Northern Districts Hospital with baby Maia Tane has struggled to separate himself from the infant since finding her abandoned on the beach in a gym bag. Tane gave her the name ‘Maia’, and after spending several weeks by her side in the hospital whilst the police launched a search for her parents, a local reporter from the Coastal News began to question Tane’s motives in a scathing article.

When the reporter, Peter (Roman Delo), barged into the hospital to try and get a quote from Tane, the ensuing struggle saw Tane barred from visiting Maia. Rose’s (Kirsty Marillier) superior at the police station, the unseen ‘Sarge’, made it clear that Tane would receive an AVO if he broke that order.

Naturally it didn’t take long for Tane to receive the said AVO, after he rushed back to the hospital on hearing that Maia had a slight temperature.

In the meantime, his hopes of becoming an emergency foster carer for Maia were dashed when Harper informed him that he was ineligible, due to not being a permanent Australian resident. He found a solution in the meantime though in the form of Roo (Georgie Parker), who agreed to apply to become a foster carer herself whilst Tane went through the residency process.

It was made clear however that Roo becoming a foster carer wouldn’t necessarily mean Maia would be placed with her, and last week they learned that a family in the area had finally become available. Tane was not happy, believing that he was the only person suitable to be looking after Maia, and demanded to know more about these foster parents. This of course was not information that he was entitled to, so he went off in another huff.

With the final preparations being made, Rose gave a press conference explaining that Maia was being placed with a loving foster family, and made a heartfelt appeal for the mother to make herself known.

Rose was stunned when she later received a call from sarge—the mother had finally come forward! Whilst various assessments would have to be made, it’s possible that Maia was going to be reunited with her real family.

However, after a request to get his AVO lifted so he could say goodbye to Maia was denied, Dana (Ally Harris) decided to sneak Tane into the hospital. Naively leaving Tane alone with the baby, Dana was shocked to return and find them both gone.