New Zealand declared on 177-9 in the Second Innings, leaving England needing to amass 300 runs in the Second Innings to win in this First Test Match of the Series.
England got just over a third of the runs they needed and suffered a 189-run defeat.
The BBC
By Oliver Brett
Result of the 1st Test, New Zealand VS England (at Hamilton)
1st Innings
New Zealand: 470
England: 348
2nd Innings
New Zealand: 177-9d
England: 110
New Zealand win by 189 runs
New Zealand: Bell, How, Fleming, Taylor, Sinclair, Oram, McCullum, Vettori, Mills, Patel, Martin
England: Cook, Vaughan, Strauss, Pietersen, Bell, Collingwood, Ambrose, Sidebottom, S Harmison, Hoggard, Panesar
Mills got the ball rolling when Alastair Cook edged behind
New Zealand consigned England to one of their most ignominious defeats in recent history, winning the first Test by 189 runs in Hamilton.
The Kiwis declared on 177-9 to leave England needing 300 from 81 overs but Kyle Mills stunned the tourists with four wickets in his first six overs.
With the score 36-4 at lunch, England tried to salvage a draw but Chris Martin (3-33) had other ideas.
England totalled a paltry 110 on a flat track, with Ian Bell unbeaten on 54.
After starting his England coaching career with four Test wins on the bounce, Peter Moores has now presided over a winless streak of seven matches, including losses to India, Sri Lanka and now New Zealand - a team England were expected to beat.
But only two Tests remain, the first of those starting on Thursday, for Michael Vaughan's men to salvage something from the tour.
Ryan Sidebottom's terrific display with the ball on day four, which included a joyously celebrated hat-trick, had left the tourists harbouring realistic hopes of victory.
Sidebottom dismissed Daniel Vettori to finish with 10-149 - a tremendous effort in benign conditions - as New Zealand batted for just seven overs, before calling a halt.
But his effort was supported by so few other English players as a succession of batsmen perished as much to poor batting as good seam bowling from Mills and Martin.
As England began their chase, Alastair Cook hit three boundaries, but did not look in control and he departed to a defensive outside edge, with the total on 19, in the fourth over.
Mills was getting just enough seam movement and though England should have been good enough to deal with it, the bowler reaped the rewards of a disciplined, probing spell.
Vaughan played around one that nipped back a touch and was leg-before, Andrew Strauss edged to the wicket-keeper and Kevin Pietersen played no shot to one that flicked his pad just outside off-stump.
The contest had become a battle of grim survival on England's part.
With Bell and Paul Collingwood digging in either side of lunch, hope remained for the tourists.
Michael Vaughan was the second of Mills's four victims
But Collingwood eventually played back to a Vettori delivery he should have been forward to, and chopped on to his stumps.
Though Bell was playing nicely, with two neat drives for four just after lunch off Jeetan Patel, New Zealand now began the second wave of dismissals.
Martin took care of Tim Ambrose and Sidebottom, who faced just seven balls between them, and Matthew Hoggard blocked 21 balls before edging a drive to Brendon McCullum.
Then Steve Harmison, whose place in the team could be under threat, edged Patel to slip.
Bell and Monty Panesar - who hit a lovely straight drive off Vettori for four - showed just how good conditions were as they added 33 for the final wicket in 12 overs, the most profitable partnership of the innings.
Bell reached his half-century with the second of two driven sixes off Patel.
But it was merely delaying the inevitable, and New Zealand could finally kick off their celebrations when Panesar edged Jacob Oram behind to give McCullum a fifth catch before tea had been taken.
Unsurprisingly, the Black Caps made no changes to their 13-man squad for the second Test in Wellington while England were left with plenty to ponder.
After Ryan Sidebottom takes his 10th wicket of the match, New Zealand declare, setting England 300 to win
But after England get 19 on the board, Alastair Cook edges Kyle Mills behind and New Zealand have their first wicket
Any thoughts of an England victory are blown away once Mills adds the wicket of Michael Vaughan, lbw for nine
The wicket of Andrew Strauss follows, Mills again the bowler, as Brendon McCullum takes a fine tumbling catch
And when Kevin Pietersen is adjudged lbw playing no shot, Mills - and New Zealand - have four wickets before lunch
The Pietersen wicket is huge - New Zealand can now go all out for victory with defeat out of the equation
It's one-way traffic once Paul Collingwood departs after lunch, bowled by Black Caps skipper Dan Vettori
Chris Martin takes wickets six, seven and eight as England slide towards a heavy defeat in Hamilton
The final wicket is taken by Jacob Oram, before tea is taken, and New Zealand can celebrate a 189-run win
news.nnc.co.uk/sport
England got just over a third of the runs they needed and suffered a 189-run defeat.
The BBC
By Oliver Brett
Result of the 1st Test, New Zealand VS England (at Hamilton)
1st Innings
New Zealand: 470
England: 348
2nd Innings
New Zealand: 177-9d
England: 110
New Zealand win by 189 runs
New Zealand: Bell, How, Fleming, Taylor, Sinclair, Oram, McCullum, Vettori, Mills, Patel, Martin
England: Cook, Vaughan, Strauss, Pietersen, Bell, Collingwood, Ambrose, Sidebottom, S Harmison, Hoggard, Panesar
Mills got the ball rolling when Alastair Cook edged behind
New Zealand consigned England to one of their most ignominious defeats in recent history, winning the first Test by 189 runs in Hamilton.
The Kiwis declared on 177-9 to leave England needing 300 from 81 overs but Kyle Mills stunned the tourists with four wickets in his first six overs.
With the score 36-4 at lunch, England tried to salvage a draw but Chris Martin (3-33) had other ideas.
England totalled a paltry 110 on a flat track, with Ian Bell unbeaten on 54.
After starting his England coaching career with four Test wins on the bounce, Peter Moores has now presided over a winless streak of seven matches, including losses to India, Sri Lanka and now New Zealand - a team England were expected to beat.
But only two Tests remain, the first of those starting on Thursday, for Michael Vaughan's men to salvage something from the tour.
Ryan Sidebottom's terrific display with the ball on day four, which included a joyously celebrated hat-trick, had left the tourists harbouring realistic hopes of victory.
Sidebottom dismissed Daniel Vettori to finish with 10-149 - a tremendous effort in benign conditions - as New Zealand batted for just seven overs, before calling a halt.
But his effort was supported by so few other English players as a succession of batsmen perished as much to poor batting as good seam bowling from Mills and Martin.
As England began their chase, Alastair Cook hit three boundaries, but did not look in control and he departed to a defensive outside edge, with the total on 19, in the fourth over.
Mills was getting just enough seam movement and though England should have been good enough to deal with it, the bowler reaped the rewards of a disciplined, probing spell.
Vaughan played around one that nipped back a touch and was leg-before, Andrew Strauss edged to the wicket-keeper and Kevin Pietersen played no shot to one that flicked his pad just outside off-stump.
The contest had become a battle of grim survival on England's part.
With Bell and Paul Collingwood digging in either side of lunch, hope remained for the tourists.
Michael Vaughan was the second of Mills's four victims
But Collingwood eventually played back to a Vettori delivery he should have been forward to, and chopped on to his stumps.
Though Bell was playing nicely, with two neat drives for four just after lunch off Jeetan Patel, New Zealand now began the second wave of dismissals.
Martin took care of Tim Ambrose and Sidebottom, who faced just seven balls between them, and Matthew Hoggard blocked 21 balls before edging a drive to Brendon McCullum.
Then Steve Harmison, whose place in the team could be under threat, edged Patel to slip.
Bell and Monty Panesar - who hit a lovely straight drive off Vettori for four - showed just how good conditions were as they added 33 for the final wicket in 12 overs, the most profitable partnership of the innings.
Bell reached his half-century with the second of two driven sixes off Patel.
But it was merely delaying the inevitable, and New Zealand could finally kick off their celebrations when Panesar edged Jacob Oram behind to give McCullum a fifth catch before tea had been taken.
Unsurprisingly, the Black Caps made no changes to their 13-man squad for the second Test in Wellington while England were left with plenty to ponder.
After Ryan Sidebottom takes his 10th wicket of the match, New Zealand declare, setting England 300 to win
But after England get 19 on the board, Alastair Cook edges Kyle Mills behind and New Zealand have their first wicket
Any thoughts of an England victory are blown away once Mills adds the wicket of Michael Vaughan, lbw for nine
The wicket of Andrew Strauss follows, Mills again the bowler, as Brendon McCullum takes a fine tumbling catch
And when Kevin Pietersen is adjudged lbw playing no shot, Mills - and New Zealand - have four wickets before lunch
The Pietersen wicket is huge - New Zealand can now go all out for victory with defeat out of the equation
It's one-way traffic once Paul Collingwood departs after lunch, bowled by Black Caps skipper Dan Vettori
Chris Martin takes wickets six, seven and eight as England slide towards a heavy defeat in Hamilton
The final wicket is taken by Jacob Oram, before tea is taken, and New Zealand can celebrate a 189-run win
news.nnc.co.uk/sport