Australia captain Ricky Ponting said his all-conquering side had reached top form during their tour of New Zealand.
The world champions won all five one-day internationals and clinched a 2-0 victory in the three-Test series with a nine-wicket win in Auckland.
"We've played some great cricket. We've set very high standards over a long period of time," said Ponting, whose unbeaten 82 helped win the last Test.
"And I think we've lived up to those standards over the last three weeks."
New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming was left to reflect on another chastening experience.
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We were beaten by a great group of players in a once-in-a-lifetime team
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The Kiwis were beaten inside four days in both Christchurch and Auckland, and were on the ropes when rain saved them in Wellington.
They slumped to 23-4 on the final day of the series, and only some late resistance from the tail helped set a target of 164, which the Australians reached with ease.
"I'm disappointed we couldn't put up more of a fight," said Fleming.
"There are plenty of reasons and excuses but we have to take it on the chin.
"We have to try and salvage the positives to come out of a
series like this.
"The last time they were out here, they played extremely
well but we came away a better side and had a good period for a
couple of years."