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The Kiwis Who Built A Sand Island To Avoid NYE Liquor Ban Have Gone Viral

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Wednesday, January 3, 2018 - 12:45

By now, you've probably heard all about these 'legendary' kiwis who managed to outsmart Coromandel Peninsula's liquor ban.

ICYMI, the group spent NYE building an 'island' in Tairua estuary, in order to avoid the ban.

Tairua ChitChat! - Facebook

Well, they're now making headlines across the globe and are being praised for their "creative thinking".

GQ have even gone as far to call them heroic.

Tairua ChitChat! - Facebook

According to Stuff, they reportedly said that the rules didn't apply to them because they were "in international waters".

Naturally, the internet is loving it:

These are heroes. Not the heroes NZ deserved but the heroes NZ needed. 👏👏👏

— Lazio Journal (@LazioJournal) January 2, 2018

.@EnzoGiordani @thekiwicanary these guys are our kind of spirit animals 🍻

— The Dirty Tackle© (@TheDirtyTackle) January 1, 2018

Please welcome the first batch of ppl who are already winning 2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣8️⃣. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🏝🍷🍻🍹👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

— ✨MommyMagic✨ (@MommyMagic111) January 1, 2018

Game well played. A tip of the 🎩. One question, How did you keep the alcohol going? pic.twitter.com/j88SVc1zgm

— Mark Stephens (@madmac41) January 1, 2018

You don’t need to be @richardbranson to have an island now 😂

— KingMacInBarcelona (@kingmacinchina) January 1, 2018

Now that’s what I call a ‘sand bar’! Cheers.

— Chrissy G (@22powerplay) January 1, 2018

Just can't stop a Kiwi from having a beer 🍻

— jan joubert (@JoubertJan) January 1, 2018

Think proves drinking increases Creativity levels of human

— Karthick (@nkarthicks) January 1, 2018

Kiwis will run the world one day. The new Superpower is coming.

— Kate Murray 🏳️‍🌈 (@kateemma22) January 1, 2018

More reasons why I love New Zealand. Drinkers build their own island to beat local alcohol ban. https://t.co/xg5dnLO2Fm

— Cutter (@cuttermedia) January 2, 2018

So you need a drink, but can't do it on the beach - just build an island of the coast and declare it private property in "international waters"
https://t.co/qG9pkOQUfK via @smh

— Melusi Maposa (@MelusiMaposa) January 2, 2018

Waikato eastern area commander Inspector John Kelly revealed police weren't aware of their ingenious idea.

"That's creative thinking," he said. "If I had known that, I probably would've joined them."

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