Bowling allrounder Sean Abbott has been brought into the XI in place of Ben Dwarshuis as the only change to the Australian team that won game one on Wednesday.
Australia will bat first after losing the toss.
Tauranga's inclement weather initially delayed the first ball by an hour on Friday night, before the heavens opened up again and forced play to be pushed further back.
Umpires announced the first ball would be at 9:30pm local time (6:30pm AEST), some two hours 15 minutes after the match had initially been due to begin.
Each side will have a powerplay of 2.4 overs, or 10 balls.
There will be no drinks break, with only 10 minutes allotted for the change of innings.
Abbott's inclusion comes as Australia deliberates which bowler will join the first-choice attack for the 2026 T20 World Cup following Mitch Starc's retirement from the format earlier this year.
New Zealand have reshuffled their bowling attack with three changes, bringing in allrounder Jimmy Neesham, tweaker Ish Sodhi and paceman Ben Sears.
Swashbuckling Australian allrounder Glenn Maxwell remains sidelined with the fractured arm he suffered ahead of this week's first T20I.
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