Tom Latham the star as New Zealand hammer Bangladesh in 1st ODI

Opener Tom Latham's career best 137 set New Zealand up for a crushing 77-run victory over Bangladesh in their opening one-day international at Hagley Oval on Monday.

With Latham in commanding form and Colin Munro weighing in with a rollicking 87, New Zealand posted 341-7 and the Bangladesh innings closed at 264-9 with Mushfiqur Rahim retired hurt.

It was New Zealand's highest score in 26 matches against Bangladesh and Latham's 158-run stand with Munro was a Kiwi record for the fifth wicket against the tourists.

For New Zealand, it was the commanding performance they were looking for after their recent 3-0 hiding by Australia.

But for Bangladesh there were few highlights to launch their New Zealand tour.

Their talisman Shakib Al Hasan topped their bowling (3-69) and batting (59) performances, and Mosaddek Hossain reached 50 not out at the end, his maiden ODI half century.

Mushfiqur reached 42 before a hamstring strain ended his innings, but by then Bangladesh were 219-6 and the required run rate had ballooned out to 10.69.

Live One-Day International Cricket

But it was always going to be a big ask for Bangladesh after Latham's 137 off 121 deliveries.

Martin Guptill (15), Kane Williamson (31), Neil Broom (22) and Jimmy Neesham (12) all failed to push on after getting starts.

New Zealand were 158-4 when Munro joined Latham and proceeded to smack 87, his personal best, from 61 deliveries.

Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes made a solid start for Bangladesh, pushing through to 34 in the eighth over before Kayes was the first to fall for 16.

With his dismissal, and the introduction of all-rounder Jimmy Neesham to the attack, New Zealand took control.

With his second delivery, Neesham removed Soumya Sarkar and two balls later he had Mahmudullah caught behind without scoring and Bangladesh were 48-3 in the 11th over.

By the 18th over it was 81-4 when Neesham removed Tamim for 38.

Shakib offered stubborn resistance with 59 off 54 deliveries and Mosaddek also batted better than a run-a-ball for his 50 but it was too little, too late for the tourists.