Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum put New Zealand in the driving seat on day two of their one-off Test against Bangladesh.

The pair hit a century each and forged a 339-run stand for the sixth wicket, a New Zealand record, to help the hosts to 553 for seven declared at Seddon Park.

Bangladesh's reply got off to a cracking start with Tamim Iqbal scoring a rapid half-century and, in spite of an interrupted final session, the visitors had reached 87 for one - trailing by 466 runs with nine wickets in hand - when bad light finally halted proceedings.

Tamim was there on 56, while Junaid Siddique was unbeaten on three.

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But the day belonged to Guptill and McCullum who picked up where they left off on the opening day to leave Bangladesh with a mammoth task ahead of them.

The middle-order duo resumed with the score on 258 for five and attacked from the outset with both reaching their 150-run milestones on the way to helping the hosts to 432 for five at lunch.

But both fell to Rubel Hossain (five for 166) in the middle session to give the Bangladesh seamer a deserved five-wicket bag.

McCullum, in his 50th Test, was the first to go having struck 17 fours and a six in his 272-ball 185 - his highest Test score and fourth century.

That left New Zealand at 497 for six and it was not long before Guptill was also making his way back to the pavilion.

The 23-year-old attempted a pull shot which caught the shoulder of his bat and wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim took the catch to dismiss him 11 runs shy of a double hundred.

Guptill's marathon 310-ball innings - and maiden Test century - included 18 boundaries and one six and suggests the decision to move the right-hander down the order to number five has been a good one.

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Daryl Tuffey (31 not out) and Jeetan Patel (12no) edged New Zealand's total up a little further before the teams took tea and Daniel Vettori made his declaration.

Rain and bad light disrupted the final session but there was still enough time for Tamim to register his fourth Test fifty, which took just 39 balls and included 10 fours, as he attacked New Zealand's new-ball bowlers of Chris Martin and Tim Southee and then spinner Jeetan Patel.

At the other end Imrul Kayes compiled a patient 28 before Vettori struck and got the opener to edge to Ross Taylor in the slips.

The players were then called off because of rain and, although they returned, it was short-lived as the gloomy conditions worsened.