New Zealand are still seething about the no-ball howler that had a bearing on the first trans-Tasman Test but Brendon McCullum wants them to move on quickly.
Adam Voges was on seven when he was bowled by Doug Bracewell in the final over of day one in Wellington.
Umpire Richard Illingworth signalled no-ball, only for replays to show Bracewell had part of his foot behind the line.
Voges went on to score 239 and be named man of the match.
"I haven't brought it up with them," McCullum said, when asked if he'd raise the issue with match officials.
"Richard Illingworth would be pretty disappointed with it I'm guessing.
"It's obviously not ideal ... it's a bit of a shame.
"It's unfortunate for him that it probably had a bit of a bearing on the game but we had our opportunities to rectify it and we didn't do it."
New Zealand Cricket took the unusual step of writing to the International Cricket Council after a dud Decision Review System (DRS) ruling by Nigel Llong in the inaugural day-night Test at Adelaide Oval.
The ICC acknowledged Llong had made an error.
"There wasn't a huge conversation about it because again you can't do anything about it," McCullum said of the ICC's explanation.
McCullum implored his teammates to focus on what they can improve before the second Test starts in Christchurch on Saturday.
"You've got to move on," he said.
"You can't dwell on things like that otherwise you don't assess the areas you need improvement on.
"Credit to Voges for making it count.
"Everyone makes mistakes... you've got to be careful it's no knee-jerk (reaction) because of one mistake."
Voges' reprieve has already triggered a wave of debate about the policing of no-balls and whether a new system should be implemented.
Cricket Australia is currently trialling a device in the nets that uses beams to measure if a bowler has overstepped.
Some pundits suggest no-balls should be in the hand of the third umpire.
"Maybe that's something that needs to be looked at just to make sure that you get the right decision all the time," McCullum said.
"It's probably a bit easier as well for an umpire to look at the other end rather than to look down and then look back up.
"Other people will make those decisions."
Australia skipper Steve Smith agreed.
"Hopefully they can find a way to resolve that so those sort of mistakes don't happen too much in the future," Smith said.
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