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Early in 2024, Roo Stewart (Georgie Parker) decided to apply to be an emergency foster carer, after being moved by Tane’s (Ethan Browne) efforts to protect a baby he’d found abandoned on Summer Bay’s beach.

When Roo first visited Tane and baby ‘Maia’, as he had named her at the time, in the hospital to drop off some donations left at the surf club, Tane slated the baby’s mother for leaving her on the beach.

Roo pointed out that the mother could have been struggling, and that the baby had clearly been cared for, but Tane wasn’t willing to compromise on his viewpoint. If you’re a mum, then you figure that out or seek help.

Tane’s stance touched a nerve with Roo, who knew all too well how it feels to be completely overwhelmed with a newborn.

Roo gave birth to daughter Martha back in 1988 when she was only 17. Although she didn’t go as far as abandoning her child, she faced the horror of Martha’s father Brett Macklin (Gerry Sont) briefly taking off with her, and later made the difficult decision to give Martha up for adoption after they both agreed they were unable to provide a stable enough environment.

Tane soon announced plans to become an emergency foster carer in order to look after Maia himself, but his plans were quickly thwarted when he realised he’d need to be a permanent resident of Australia.

As Roo pondered that there must be someone in the local area who could take care of Maia, Tane asked if she would consider it herself.

Roo was initially thrown by the suggestion, and admitted to Alf (Ray Meagher) that she wasn’t sure she’d be able to be an emergency foster parent – how would she be able to look after that little girl and avoid falling in love with her?

Early in 2024, Roo Stewart (Georgie Parker) decided to apply to be an emergency foster carer, after being moved by Tane’s (Ethan Browne) efforts to protect a baby he’d found abandoned on Summer Bay’s beach. When Roo first visited Tane and baby ‘Maia’, as he had named her at the time, in the hospital to…