Rain has ruined New Zealand's chances of winning the first Test against the West Indies, with the heavens opening above Dunedin leaving the home side with a draw - 33 runs short of victory.
The hosts reached 4-79 chasing only 112 to claim their first Test win in more than a year but, just before tea on the fifth day, the players were forced off by rain and never returned.
The rain abated briefly to allow groundstaff to prepare for a resumption but it returned to end hopes of a restart.
New Zealand dominated the first three-and-a-half days of the Test before a Darren Bravo double century inspired a West Indies fightback at the University Oval.
The hosts slumped to 4-44 before recovering.
"We had a feeling it was going to rain at some point, but weather watching is never a great strategy when you're trying to set up a chase," said New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum.
"We never really got ourselves in a position in that chase to really put the hammer down."
Bravo's 218, the second-highest score by a West Indian in New Zealand, and his occupation of the crease for 572 minutes took the game into the final day.
West Indies captain Darren Sammy, who made 80 to further frustrate the hosts, felt Bravo stepped up when his side needed him most.
"That was a real mature innings. Somebody had to put their hand up for the team and one of the youngest guys did it.
"It's good to see he could occupy the crease for such long periods. He models himself on his cousin Brian. I guess even the great Lara would have been proud of that innings," Sammy said.
New Zealand have themselves to blame after shelling four catches in the Windies' second innings, including Bravo on 82.
The 30 overs they faced was more than enough to reach their total before the rain.
Offspinner Shane Shillingford, whose bowling action was tested independently before the Test, grabbed all four wickets to fall after the tourists were finally dismissed for 507 - their fourth-highest second-innings total.
But Ross Taylor and Corey Anderson put them back on track before the rain forced players off just before tea.
Shillingford ended with 4-26 after claiming just one wicket in the hosts' first innings of 9(dec)-609.
Starting the day on 6-443 and a lead of 47, the West Indies, dismissed for 213 first time around, lost Bravo early as the New Zealand bowlers wrapped up the innings in the first session.
Taylor, unbeaten on 16 at the close, was not dismissed in the Test, scoring 233 runs and edged out Bravo for the man of the match award.
