England made two changes from the side that lost the first of this two-match series by five runs at the same ground on Tuesday.
Star batsman Kevin Pietersen returned to England duty following a knee injury that forced his early exit from the tour of New Zealand in March.
Former captain Pietersen was sidelined from all cricket until making a superb unbeaten 177 for Surrey in a County Championship match last weekend.
South Africa-born Pietersen, 33 on Thursday, replaced stand-in captain Eoin Morgan, who led England on Tuesday in the absence of the rested Stuart Broad, after the former Ireland international was ruled out with a right hand injury.
Kent off-spinner Jame Tredwell captained England for the first time with left-arm spinner Danny Briggs, a key member of English domestic Twenty20 champions Hampshire's side, replacing seamer Chris Woakes, whose one over on Tuesday cost 19 runs.
New Zealand were unchanged from Tuesday's victorious team.
Teams:
England: Alex Hales, Michael Lumb, Luke Wright, Kevin Pietersen, Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler (wkt), Ben Stokes, James Tredwell (capt), Jade Dernbach, Boyd Rankin, Danny Briggs
New Zealand: Hamish Rutherford, James Franklin, Brendon McCullum (capt), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (wkt), Colin Munro, Nathan McCullum, Corey Anderson, Ian Butler, Roneel Hira, Mitchell McClenaghan
Umpires: Tim Robinson (ENG) and Richard Illingworth (ENG)
TV umpire: Michael Gough (ENG)
Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)