Vaughan was the first man out on Tuesday

Adam Parore - in his final Test - did a good job as opener instead of the injured Lou Vincent.

But he was caught in the slips off Matthew Hoggard for 36 in the last over before tea.

Hoggard struck again straight after the interval as Black Caps skipper Stephen Fleming played on to a leg-side ball.

And Mark Richardson's watchful innings finally came to an end when he was well caught by substitute Usman Afzaal for 25 at square leg off Mark Butcher.

Harris hit a very useful 43 - after being given a life by umpire Doug Cowie for the second time in the match - before Butcher had him lbw.

And then Flintoff, who while batting had been on the wrong end of an appalling decision by Cowie, took the wickets of Astle, Andre Adams and Daniel Vettori.

Vincent, batting down the order due to a rib injury, lent support to the in-form McMillan for a while as the light worsened.

McMillan finished on 50 off 51 balls, while Hoggard took four wickets.

Thorpe pulls Drum for four early on Tuesday

At the start of the day, Graham Thorpe and Michael Vaughan put on 49 for the fourth wicket - and England looked to be crusing, batting in bright sunshine.

But then, in Adams's third over in Test cricket, Vaughan, on 27, fished at a leg-cutter, and Parore did the rest behind the stumps.

Next, the out-of-form Mark Ramprakash drove loosely at Tuffey to be caught behind for just nine, before Flintoff settled down to put on 43 with Thorpe.

Flintoff was unlucky, though, to be given out on 29 - ajudged caught behind off Adams to a ball he never got anywhere near to.

The dismissal unsettled Thorpe, who elected to play no stroke to a delivery from Tuffey that straightened - and was clean bowled for 45.

England were in real trouble at 124-8 but James Foster and Andy Caddick showed some defiance to put on 35 for the ninth wicket.