Kohli reached his sixth hundred off 129 balls and remained unbeaten on 105 with Rohit Sharma not out on 31 ending India's second innings at 166/3 with a partnership of 112 runs.
Kohli and Sharma started batting fluently after tea and brought up their 100-run stand off 155 balls.
Kohli brought up the 50-run stand with Sharma with a superb straight drive boundary off Trent Boult.
Kohli and Sharma took the Indian second innings score to 90/3 at tea.
The stand between Kohli and Sharma came after Tim Southee took his second wicket by dismissing Cheteshwar Pujara.
Pujara (17) was looking stable at the crease as he put up a steady partnership with Virat Kohli before he was caught by New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum off Southee's bowling.
Earlier, India got off to a bad start as they lost openers Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay soon after lunch.
The visitors began their second innings needing 435 runs in 67 overs to win the Test and went to the lunch break on 10 for none.
However, Trent Boult gave the hosts their first breakthrough in as soon as the first over after lunch when he dismissed Dhawan (2) by catching him plumb.
In the very next over, Southee dismissed Vijay (7) when he had the opener caught by Corey Anderson to leave India reeling at 11/2 after 6 overs.
Earlier, McCullum became the first New Zealand batsman to score a Test triple-century as the hosts declared their second innings on 680-8 before lunch.
Captain McCullum's 302 virtually ensured his team will win the two-match series, having won the first game by 40 runs at Eden Park, while giving them a chance of bowling India out in the two remaining sessions at Wellington's Basin Reserve to clinch a second victory.
Debutant all-rounder Jimmy Neesham, who had resumed on 67 on Tuesday, quickly raced through to his first Test century and was 137 not out when McCullum called an end to the innings about 25 minutes before the break.
Neil Wagner was two not out for the hosts, who declared at their highest Test score, surpassing the 671-4 they accumulated against Sri Lanka at the Basin Reserve in 1991.
The morning belonged to McCullum, however, who resumed on 281 and went effortlessly through to 298 before slicing a late cut off paceman Zaheer Khan to the fence to bring up the milestone with his 32nd four.
McCullum's triple-century was the 28th in Test cricket and the New Zealand skipper became the 24th player to score one.
Brian Lara, Virender Sehwag, Chris Gayle and Don Bradman all struck two triple-tons.
McCullum, 32, raised his arms while the small crowd rose to their feet, their applause lasting more than a minute.
Former captain Martin Crowe had the previous highest score by a New Zealand batsman of 299 in the 1991 match against Sri Lanka.
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