Fulton followed his maiden test century of 136 in New Zealand's first innings with 110 from 165 balls to allow New Zealand to declare 55 minutes after lunch Monday at 241-6, an overall lead of 480 with 4-1/2 sessions or about 140 overs remaining.
England had an immediate setback in its effort to win or save the test when it lost Nick Compton with the total at two.
It went to tea at 45-1, still 435 behind. Alastair Cook was 19 not out and Jonathan Trott 24 not out.
When he was out for 110 as New Zealand hurried towards it declaration, Fulton had batted for more than 11-1/2 hours in this match and scored almost 30 percent of the 684 runs New Zealand had amassed in its two innings.
He played vital roles in both, providing the strong framework on which New Zealand built its first innings of 443, notably in his 181-run partnership with Kane Williamson (91). He then navigated New Zealand through choppy waters when it chose not to enforce the follow on after dismissing England for 204 to take a 239-run first innings lead.
New Zealand slumped to 8-3 in its second innings, losing Hamish Rutherford (0), Williamson (1) and Ross Taylor (3) in eight traumatic overs Sunday before Fulton, with help from Dean Brownlie, steered New Zealand to 35-3 at stumps.
The fourth-wicket pair then carried New Zealand to 82-3 before Brownlie was out for 28, averting any threat of a collapse which might cost it the dominating position it had so painstakingly built over three days in pursuit of its first home series win over England since 1982-84. Only three members of the current New Zealand team, Fulton, Brendon McCullum and Bruce Martin, were alive when that series was played.
When Brownlie was out, Fulton opened up and showed the array of strokes which have brought him more than 1,100 runs in first-class matches in New Zealand this season. He took almost three hours to reach his half century, then added his second 50 in only 57 minutes from 42 balls.
Fulton and McCullum added 117 for New Zealand's fifth wicket in fewer than 17 overs, their century partnership coming from only 88 balls as they made evident their intentional to declare in an invincible position. Fulton's innings included 14 boundaries and five sixes and McCullum, who declared when New Zealand's sixth wicket fell at 1:55pm, had five fours and three sixes in his unbeaten 67.
Fulton followed Glenn Turner, against Australia in 1974, Geoff Howarth, against England in 1978, and Andrew Jones, against Sri Lanka in 1991, in scoring centuries in both innings of a test.
New Zealand made the early breakthrough that it needed to advance its push for victory when Tim Southee removed Compton (2) in only the second over of England's innings. With the ball swinging just a little, Southee enticed Compton into a tentative defensive prod, found the outside edge of his bat and saw wicketkeeper B.J. Watling take a low catch just above the grass.
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