McCullum hit a six and a four in his 18-ball 23 before falling to Kohli.
Varun Aaron had Kane Williamson caught by Ajinkya Rahane at backward point to give India the much-needed breakthrough.
Williamson hit a six and 8 fours in his 91-ball 88 and added 152 runs with Taylor for the third wicket.
Williamson and Taylor hit half-centuries to put up a 100-run stand in 108 balls.
Williamson got to his fifth successive half-century off 64 balls, while Taylor reached his fifty off 54 deliveries.
Williamson and Taylor put up a 50-run stand in 51 balls as New Zealand crossed the 100-run mark in the 22nd over.
Varun Aaron, who came as first bowling change, struck to get rid of opener Martin Guptill.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave India first breakthrough as he dismissed New Zealand opener Jesse Ryder. New Zealand lost both the openers inside 50 runs.
Pacers Mohammed Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave India good start as New Zealand could only score 10 runs after the end of 5 overs.
Shami bowled three maiden overs, two successive, out of his first five to push Kiwis on the backfoot right from the word go.
Earlier, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to field.
India made one change, recalling opener Shikhar Dhawan in place of Stuart Binny, who made his ODI debut in the fourth match at Hamilton.
New Zealand, which lead the five-match series 3-0 with one match tied, made two changes to its line-up for the match, naming fast bowler Mitchell McClenaghan in place of Tim Southee and Matt Henry to make his ODI debut in place of another quick, Hamish Bennett.
After winning the toss Dhoni said: "The surface won't change much and it's rather hard. Quite similar to Napier. Might be a bit in it for the seamers early on."
"It's about building pressure, individually as well and we have to bowl in partnerships as well. Hopefully we pull off a win in this last game," said Dhoni
While his counterpart Brendon McCullum said: "Not the worst toss to lose, there's green tinge and it's quite hard. If we can follow the blueprint we've had going, we should do well."
India, who have already lost the series, would be desperate to salvage some lost pride by notching their maiden win on the tour so far.
Teams:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Capt.), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Mohammad Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Aaron.
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum (Capt.), Martin Guptill, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, James Neesham, Luke Ronchi, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson, Matt Henry.
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