All-rounder Nathan McCullum is determined to help New Zealand build on their Test demolition of Zimbabwe with another dominant showing in the upcoming ODI series.

New Zealand recorded the biggest Test victory in their history after thrashing Zimbabwe by an innings and 301 runs in the one-off match in Napier last week.

Chasing New Zealand's first innings total of 495 for seven declared, Zimbabwe were bowled out twice in a day after first being dismissed for 51 - their lowest Test total - and then 143.

That was Zimbabwe's heaviest Test defeat, but the agony may not end there if McCullum gets his way as the two countries begin their three-match one-day international series in Dunedin on Friday.

"We want to carry on with the work the Test side have done and not just win this series, but win it well," said McCullum, who is one of a host of new faces in the New Zealand squad having not been part of the Test set-up, on www.stuff.co.nz.

However, bowler Doug Bracewell is not expecting the limited-overs matches to be as one-sided as the Test.

"They're probably more of a shorter-form team so we won't be taking them lightly in the ODIs and Twenty20s and will be looking to back up this performance," said the 21-year-old Bracewell, who claimed match figures of five for 38 in the Test.

"They've got a few guys in the top order who can strike it pretty clean and if they get away they can be pretty hard to stop."

In the last ODI between the two countries in October, Zimbabwe recorded their highest successful run chase after passing New Zealand's imposing total of 328 with one wicket and one ball to spare.

Zimbabwe still lost the series 2-1, but that performance will not have been forgotten by the New Zealanders heading into Friday's match.

Zimbabwe coach Alan Butcher said: "That will be in their minds, to know we can compete in a much better fashion than we did in the Test match.

"We've got to. If we keep losing like that then we'll find ourselves back where we were five or six years ago."

Zimbabwe all-rounder Elton Chigumbura was not part of the Test defeat but could return on Friday as he approaches 150 ODI appearances.

The 25-year-old clubbed a quickfire 47 in that remarkable win over New Zealand three months ago and hopes the change in format will bring a change in fortune.

"This is a different format and we have new players joining us and some more that didn't play in Napier that will be here," he said.

Following the ODI series there are two Twenty20 internationals.