<sod>Katarina arrives at the Summer Bay Caravan Park and meets [[Martin Ashford (Home and Away)|Martin Ashford]] (George Martin), who begins flirting with her. Katarina starts her job as the Bay's new policewoman by telling [[Jett James]] (Will MacDonald) off for taking a vehicle from the surf club at the request of his father. Katarina later arrests and questions [[Darryl Braxton]] ([[Steve Peacocke]]) about a murder. She also befriends [[Nate Cooper]] ([[Kyle Pryor]]). She checks up on Brax as she suspects he is planning to leave town, causing her senior [[Mike Emerson]] (Cameron Stewart) to reprimand her and assign her to the bus crash case. When Katarina tries to talk to Nate about the crash, he tell her he does not have time. He later apologises. Brax's partner [[Ricky Sharpe]] (Bonnie Sveen) comes to talk to Katarina, but she suspects she is being played. Katarina is later sent a photo proving Brax left town, breaching his bail conditions. She decides not to show the photo to her superiors, as she believes Brax is innocent. Katarina encourages Nate to move on from his ex-wife and they go on a couple of dates. After they have sex, Kat tells Nate she wants to keep their relationship a secret. She later ends their relationship when she feels that the locals are gossiping about her, but changes her mind. At the summer carnival, Kat spots [[Billie Ashford]] (Tessa de Josslin) face down in the rip and she and Nate save her. Kat realises that Billie has developed a crush on Nate and feels uncomfortable.<eod>
<sod>Katarina arrives at the Summer Bay Caravan Park and meets [[Martin Ashford (Home and Away)|Martin Ashford]] (George Martin), who begins flirting with her. Katarina starts her job as the Bay's new policewoman by telling [[Jett James]] (Will MacDonald) off for taking a vehicle from the surf club at the request of his father. Katarina later arrests and questions [[Darryl Braxton]] ([[Steve Peacocke]]) about a murder. She also befriends [[Nate Cooper]] ([[Kyle Pryor]]). She checks up on Brax as she suspects he is planning to leave town, causing her senior [[Mike Emerson]] (Cameron Stewart) to reprimand her and assign her to the bus crash case. When Katarina tries to talk to Nate about the crash, he tell her he does not have time. He later apologises. Brax's partner [[Ricky Sharpe (Home and Away)|Ricky Sharpe]] (Bonnie Sveen) comes to talk to Katarina, but she suspects she is being played. Katarina is later sent a photo proving Brax left town, breaching his bail conditions. She decides not to show the photo to her superiors, as she believes Brax is innocent. Katarina encourages Nate to move on from his ex-wife and they go on a couple of dates. After they have sex, Kat tells Nate she wants to keep their relationship a secret. She later ends their relationship when she feels that the locals are gossiping about her, but changes her mind. At the summer carnival, Kat spots [[Billie Ashford]] (Tessa de Josslin) face down in the rip and she and Nate save her. Kat realises that Billie has developed a crush on Nate and feels uncomfortable.<eod>