A rising motorsport star accused of rape and indecent assault has had his trial aborted.

Faine Kahia from Taupo was on trial in the Rotorua District Court this week but an application to abort the trial was made this morning, on the second day of the trial.

Judge Tony Snell allowed the application and aborted the trial. The reasons for aborting the trial were suppressed.

Kahia, 21, has been remanded on existing bail for a callover in the Rotorua District Court on April 6.

He has pleaded not guilty to three charges of sexual violation by rape, three charges of indecent assault, two charges of male assaults female and one charge of a sexual assault of a young person.

The charges relate to alleged offending in 2014.

Kahia was accepted into the New Zealand Elite Motorsport Academy, received a sponsorship deal with Giltrap Group and represented New Zealand in the Formula 4 South East Asia Championships helped with $2000 raised through a Givealittle page.

The former Taupo-nui-a-Tia College student was also named a Maori youth ambassador and was a finalist in the Matariki Awards, young achiever category.