Home and Away spoilers follow from Australian-pace episodes, which some UK readers may prefer to avoid.

Home and Away's Nikau Parata is facing new heartbreak on Australian screens, after Bella Nixon decided to end their relationship.

Nikau (Kawakawa Fox-Reo) was the latest Summer Bay resident to suffer the consequences of Colby Thorne's bad behaviour, as he refused to get involved in Bella's battles with her brother.

Viewers have seen Colby (Tim Franklin) start to alienate his loved ones as he remains desperate to stay out of trouble for Ross Nixon's murder.

Colby has taken a strong-armed approach to ensure the loyalty of those around him – and also recently started an affair with Taylor Rosetta in order to keep tabs on the police investigation, which is being headed up by her husband Angelo.

In Thursday's Home and Away triple bill in Australia (October 8), Bella begged for Nikau's help to end the fling between Colby and Taylor.

Nikau stubbornly refused and urged Bella to stay out of it, but she felt he was being disloyal and abruptly ended their relationship.

This left Nikau devastated and he tried to confide in his best friend Ryder Jackson, without giving too many details away about Colby's dark secrets.