Only some counter-attacking resistance from Jermaine Blackwood (80 not out) and Alzarri Joseph (59 no) took the tourists to 6-196 in their second innings and kept them from becoming the fifth team to be dismissed twice in one day.

They were bowled out for 138 in their first innings after lunch at Seddon Park in Hamilton - still 381 runs behind New Zealand's 7(dec)-519 and Kane Williamson had no hesitation in imposing the follow-on.

Jason Holder's team then slumped to 6-89 in their second innings and with wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich unable to bat due to a finger injury, risked their heaviest Test defeat.

However, Blackwood, who also provided some resistance with Holder in the first dig, took every chance offered to him and combined with Joseph in an unbeaten 107-run partnership to frustrate the Black Caps attack.

The visitors still trail by 185 runs.

The West Indies had started the day at 0-49 in their first innings in response to New Zealand's massive total and while John Campbell hit the first ball from Tim Southee to the boundary, things then rapidly went downhill.

They lost their first three wickets for just the addition of two runs, which set a pattern for their day, when they produced small partnerships only to lose wickets in bunches in the face of a disciplined and clinical bowling performance.

Sensing victory later, however, New Zealand's attack lost some of their discipline and Blackwood and Joseph, who brought up his first Test half century with a six off Trent Boult, capitalised.

Australian Associated Press