A group of booze-loving New Zealanders built their own island — just so they could legally get drunk in public on New Year’s Eve, reports said.

The crafty bunch constructed a sand island in coastal waters at low tide in the Tairua estuary on the northeastern edge of the Pacific country in response to a ban on public drinking in effect over the New Year period in the Coromandel Peninsula, the BBC reported.

They installed a picnic table and icebox for drinks, claiming to be in “international waters” and thus exempt from any local booze bans, the outlet said.

The group could’ve faced a $180 fine or an arrest for public drinking, but they were able to party into the night without any trouble, watching the fireworks from their small island, which was still intact Monday morning.

Luckily, cops appreciated the ingenious idea and didn’t bother the group during their party.

“That’s creative thinking — if I had known [about it], I probably would have joined them,” local police commander Inspector John Kelly said of the sand island.