Home and Away's Nikau Parata in new job drama

Home and Away spoilers follow for UK and Australian viewers.

Home and Away's Nikau Parata will fear for his new job after a tense encounter with troublesome Theo Poulos.

Nikau (Kawakawa Fox-Reo) has started working as a lifesaver on the beach in recent episodes on Channel 7 in Australia.

Nikau is excited for the fresh start after his disastrous stint as a model, especially after studying hard to become qualified. However, another reckless stunt from Theo (Matt Evans) now threatens to ruin things for him.

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In Wednesday's episode in Australia (November 17), Theo was determined to create another viral video for social media, after his recent success teaming up with Ryder Jackson (Lukas Radovich) for filmed challenges and pranks.

Ryder has vowed to stop working with Theo, who'd upset him by boasting about a secret kiss with Chloe Anderson (Sam Barrett).

Theo wasn't deterred and vowed to go it alone, so he came up with a plan to disrupt Nikau's first shift working for John Palmer (Shane Withington).

When Theo pretended that he could see someone drowning in the sea, Nikau rushed off to the rescue. This gave Theo the perfect opportunity to steal the lifesavers' Polaris vehicle on the beach while Nikau was distracted.

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Theo took the vehicle on a joyride and recorded the whole thing for social media. However, he was soon in serious trouble when Nikau told John, who threatened to call the police over the theft of the vehicle.

John also sent Nikau home for the day, seemingly unimpressed that he'd been tricked by Theo so easily.

In Thursday's episodes (November 18) in Australia, Nikau accuses Theo of jeopardising his job and a fight breaks out between the two young men. John is disgusted that Nikau would get involved in violence while wearing his lifesafer uniform, so this only makes things worse.

Has Nikau blown his fresh start already?

Home and Away fans in the UK will see these scenes early next year on Channel 5.

Home and Away airs weekdays at 1.15pm on Channel 5 and 6pm on 5STAR (UK) and Mondays to Thursdays at 7pm on Channel 7 (Australia). Selected classic episodes are available via Amazon Prime Video in the UK.