Cole is the most capped player in the England starting XV and is joined in the side to face the World Champions by Leicester Tigers team-mates Tom Youngs, Geoff Parling, Ben Youngs and Manu Tuilagi.
Head coach Stuart Lancaster makes one change to the XV that started against South Africa with Owen Farrell (Saracens), nominated as IRB Player of the Year 2012, replacing Toby Flood, who has returned to Tigers with a toe ligament injury.
Freddie Burns of Gloucester comes on to the bench with Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints) also making his series debut among the replacements instead of Mouritz Botha.
Lancaster said: “We asked for a big response from the players after Australia and we got one last Saturday against South Africa, although ultimately we were denied. That frustration has been channelled this week and the whole squad has reacted with a determination to get a victory against the top team in the world.”
England (v New Zealand, Saturday, 2.30pm, Twickenham Stadium)
15 Alex Goode (Saracens, 5 caps)
14 Chris Ashton (Saracens, 28 caps)
13 Manusamoa Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers, 16 caps)
12 Brad Barritt (Saracens, 10 caps)
11 Mike Brown (Harlequins, 10 caps)
10 Owen Farrell (Saracens, 11 caps)
9 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 27 caps)
1 Alex Corbisiero (London Irish, 17 caps)
2 Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 3 caps)
3 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 34 caps)
4 Joe Launchbury (London Wasps, 3 caps)
5 Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers, 11 caps)
6 Tom Wood (Northampton Saints, 12 caps)
7 Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, capt, 11 caps)
8 Ben Morgan (Gloucester Rugby, 8 caps)
Replacements
16 David Paice (London Irish, 5 caps)
17 David Wilson (Bath Rugby, 22 caps)
18 Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 3 caps)
19 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 14 caps)
20 James Haskell (London Wasps, 44 caps)
21 Danny Care (Harlequins, 36 caps)
22 Freddie Burns (Gloucester Rugby, uncapped)
23 Jonathan Joseph (London Irish, 3 caps)
New Zealand
15 Israel Dagg (24)
14 Cory Jane (40)
13 Conrad Smith (65)
12 Ma'a Nonu (75)
11 Julian Savea (8)
10 Daniel Carter (93)
9 Aaron Smith (12)
1 Tony Woodcock (95)
2 Keven Mealamu (101)
3 Owen Franks (44)
4 Brodie Retallick (12)
5 Samuel Whitelock (38)
6 Liam Messam (19)
7 Richie McCaw (115)
8 Kieran Read (47)
Replacements
16 Dane Coles (3)
17 Wyatt Crockett (10)
18 Charlie Faumuina (6)
19 Luke Romano (10)
20 Victor Vito (19)
21 Piri Weepu (68)
22 Aaron Cruden (19)
23 Ben Smith (11)
