Kiwis will do anything to drink at the beach, it seems.

This group of New Year's Eve revellers got busy at low tide on Sunday and spent the early afternoon building a sandcastle in the middle of the Tairua estuary, a holidaymaker, who asked not to be named, said.

Kiwis drinking in "international waters" on New Year's Eve at Tairua. Credit:Facebook

A Coromandel-wide liquor ban is in place over the New Year period, which means no alcohol in public places, including beaches across the region on New Zealand's north island.

Once the crew's creation was complete, they installed a wooden picnic table and chilly bin.