Demolition work has started early for a Rotorua gym owner looking to make extensions to after a car slammed into his building.
Joshua Gardiner, owner of Crossfit Ruark, was awoken over the weekend to the news that a car had smashed through the brick wall of his gym.
Officers had been notified that a car had crashed into a wall off Old Taupo Rd on Saturday morning, a police spokeswoman said.
Gardiner said CCTV footage showed that the incident happened about 1am.
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