Injured New Zealand captain Ross Taylor was still able to savour his side's record innings and 301-run victory over Zimbabwe in Napier on Saturday.
"A Test win is still special, for everyone in the group even the 12th man. I guess I contributed with the bat but I guess it was nice to see the way Brendon [McCullum] led the team and the way the boys bowled and the way we caught was pretty special," he said.
There had been some changes in the field as the result of Taylor's absence after he pulled a calf muscle, but they were minimal, and New Zealand had still be able to create the pressure they wanted.
"We bowled in the right areas for longer periods of time probably than Zimbabwe did," he said.
There were plenty of positive aspects of the win as the side continued to learn the craft of winning Test matches.
It had been good for wicketkeeper BJ Watling to score his maiden Test century under the circumstances of the first game he had with the gloves.
"I'm sure he will take a lot of confidence from that and I thought he did a pretty good job behind the stumps as well."
Taylor said it was a fact that in years gone by the side had not been as ruthless as they could be but in this Test, notwithstanding Zimbabwe's struggling status, the New Zealanders had handled themselves well in pressure situations.
"Momentum is key, and winning is a habit, and if we can keep this roll on and hopefully we can take that into the one-day and Twenty20 series and obviously when South Africa come here as well," he said.
Taylor has set his own goal to be ready to resume playing in the ODI series against South Africa.
Under the circumstances of his injury, Taylor was still involved in the decisions being made around the match. He and stand-in captain Brendon McCullum discussed situations during breaks which was no different to when Taylor was vice-captain to Daniel Vettori.
"I thought Brendon did a very good job today. He led the team well, bowling changes were good and I thought we attacked for pretty much the whole day which was good," he said.
"It was nice to break the 32-year-hoodoo on this ground and hopefully we can build on this and win more Test matches in Napier when we play here," he said.