World championship Group N leader Toshi Arai from Japan has taken out the Hella International Rally of Rotorua.
Arai and his Kiwi co-driver Tony Sircombe, the current leaders of the FIA World Production Car Championship (PWRC), stamped their class over the field to claim in the rally which doubled as the third round of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally championships and fourth round of the Parker Enzed New Zealand Rally Championship.