Tom Latham and Devon Conway have broken New Zealand's opening partnership record, compiling a stand of 317 runs that surpassed a mark established in 1930.
The pair exceeded the 276-run partnership by Jackie Mills and Stewie Dempster from that year, taking New Zealand to 361-4 at stumps in the series decider at Trent Bridge. England took two wickets in the final two overs of the day.
Record partnership ends after tea
Latham reached his 17th Test century just before tea, while Conway completed his hundred shortly after the interval. Both batsmen received reprieves during their innings.
Jamie Smith dropped Latham on 129, gloved down the leg side off Gus Atkinson. Conway, on 71, was given not out to an lbw appeal off Shoaib Bashir when England chose not to review what would have been a successful dismissal.
After his century, Conway hit consecutive sixes off Bashir and Josh Tongue.
The opening stand ended in the 73rd over when Latham was caught behind by Smith off Ben Stokes for 151. Conway followed next over for 157, caught by substitute Matt Fisher off Joe Root.
Late wickets for England
England claimed two more wickets before stumps. Rachin Ravindra fell in the penultimate over, caught by Smith off Atkinson, before Henry Nicholls edged Jofra Archer to the slips off the day's final delivery. Archer had earlier struck Nicholls on the helmet.
"It was a great day for us and it was nice to build a partnership with Tom," Conway said. "We're pretty happy with the way things have gone. We knew that the wicket was going to be quite nice. It was important for us to put pressure on the bowling."
Conway acknowledged the late dismissals: "I don't know quite what par is but it was a bit disappointing to lose two wickets at the end. We've still got plenty of batters in the shed, hopefully we can kick on."
England's bowling attack
Shoaib Bashir bowled 22 overs for figures of 0-97 after being introduced after just 47 minutes.
The Test marked the return of Stokes and Atkinson after both missed the second Test at The Oval. The pair had been unavailable following a London nightclub incident, though an ECB investigation found both broke team curfew but were not involved in violent conduct. Smith was also returning after paternity leave.
England fast bowling coach Tim Southee said: "Test cricket is hard and on a surface like that it's particularly hard. So I think the effort was pretty good throughout the day. We got some rewards late in the day which should give the guys some energy going into tomorrow with a new ball in hand."
Team news
New Zealand were without Glenn Phillips and Matt Henry through injury, while Kyle Jamieson was being rested.
Conway, who scored a double century on his Test debut against England five years earlier, will be hoping his team-mates can build on the platform he and Latham constructed.