Zimbabwe put in an improved performance, but continued to suffer at the hands of Martin Guptill as New Zealand won the first Twenty20 international.
Tatenda Taibu owes Zimbabwe a good knock, while Brendan Taylor's side have an opportunity to show some strength of character.
Canterbury Wizards all-rounder Andrew Ellis has been added to New Zealand's Twenty20 squad for the two matches against Zimbabwe following an injury to Dean Brownlie.
New Zealand's dominance of Zimbabwe continued in the third and final one-day international, as the tourists slumped to another embarrassing defeat.
New Zealand have lost the services of Dean Brownlie for the third and final ODI against Zimbabwe, which gets underway in Napier on Thursday.