A schoolboy is likely to be immortalised by his peers after he launched a soccer ball into the sky with a perfectly timed dropkick and sent a drone crashing down to the ground.

The drone belongs to New Zealand based media company KOR Creative, and was being used to film a sweeping aerial promotional video for Rosmini College on Auckland's North Shore.

But as it soared across the picturesque grounds of the Catholic all-boys high school, a cheeky student pounced on the opportunity and punted a white soccer ball with impressive accuracy.

Opportunistic! The student spots the drone and launches a white soccer ball directly into the air

How's that for accuracy? A crowd of boys watch on in amazement as the ball zooms straight for the drone

Bullseye! The gentle hum of the drones propellers is replaced with a thud as it falls for the ground

As crowds of boys watched on below, the gentle hum of the propellers was replaced with a thud as the ball connected - abruptly cutting out the footage.

Remarkably, the DJI Phantom 3 Advanced drone came out unscathed after falling a significant distance and crashing into the ground.

Uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday, the video has quickly gained viral status - gathering nearly 320,000 views in just a few days.

The video was accompanied with the caption: 'Working with kids has its consequences,' and an official comment confirmed that the drone had 'recovered well after some minor surgery.'

Emma Wright, a production manager for KOR Creative, told TVNZ that it was the first time a drone of theirs had been struck and sent down.

'The drone plummeted to the ground but incredibly was not damaged,' she added.

The drone was filming a promotional video for Rosmini Catholic College in Auckland's north shore