Neighbours' Mackenzie Hargreaves to be next target in Haz Devkar plot

 Newcomer Zach plans trouble.

Neighbours' Mackenzie Hargreaves could pay the price for her boyfriend Haz Devkar's past mistakes next week.

Mackenzie is oblivious to the danger that she's in as she meets up with newcomer Zach Wade, played by former Winners & Losers actor Stephen Phillips.

This week's episodes see Mackenzie make contact with Zach for the first time after Haz messes up by mentioning his name.

When Mackenzie wants to be more involved in the search for the deep fake hackers, Haz warns her off by explaining that his former IT associates are capable of anything.

Haz speaks regretfully about what the group once did to Zach, including targeting his wife. This inspires Mackenzie to track Zach down in search of answers.

In follow-on scenes next week, Mackenzie arranges a second meeting with Zach as she remains distrustful towards Haz.

Haz, who's unaware of what his girlfriend is up to, begs her to spend some quality couple time with him. Mackenzie turns him down, having privately decided that her time is better spent supporting Haz's former victim.

As Mackenzie catches up with Zach, she doesn't realise that her new friend has a vengeful motive in mind.

Zach is using devious tactics to win Mackenzie's trust and he gets a thrill out of hearing about the destruction he has caused for Haz's friends with the new deep fakes.

Next on Zach's agenda is to make Mackenzie's life hell, as she hasn't been directly involved in the deep fake dramas so far.

When Zach learns that Mackenzie wants to be on the Supreme Court one day, he hopes to throw a major spanner in the works for her. What will he do?

Neighbours airs these scenes on Monday, April 22.

Neighbours releases new episodes from Mondays to Thursdays for free on Amazon Freevee in the UK and US. In Australia, the show airs from Mondays to Thursdays at 4pm on Channel 10, with a 6.30pm repeat screening on 10 Peach.