The All Blacks stormed to victory over a sore and sorry Australia on Saturday to seal a third consecutive Rugby Championship title and enjoy a major boost before the World Cup in France.
The victory also ensured the Bledisloe Cup, the annual trophy contested by the trans-Tasman nations, will stay in New Zealand for a 21st year in succession.
In front of heaving crowd of 83,944 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, winger Mark Telea grabbed a try in each half, while Shannon Frizell, Codie Taylor, Will Jordan and Rieko Ioane also crossed for the All Blacks.
Australian hopes that Eddie Jones might engineer a turnaround in his second stint with the Wallabies have proven forlorn, with the team winless from their three games in the truncated Rugby Championship.
The loss was further soured by an apparent Achilles injury to veteran Allan Alaalatoa, while fellow prop Taniela Tupou suffered a rib problem.
Barring periods of defiance at the start of each half, it was another undisciplined, ragged display by the hosts who were made to pay for a yellow card in both halves.
The loss was further soured by a serious Achilles injury to veteran Allan Alaalatoa, while fellow prop Taniela Tupou suffered an apparent rib problem.
"84,000 people showed up tonight to support us and we didn't give them much," said Australia scrum-half Tate McDermott.
McDermott had a rough start, rammed over the tryline by Scott Barrett at a lineout to cough up the ball and let Frizell touch down before the third minute was up.
The Wallabies responded four minutes later, with Mark Nawaqanitawase providing the spark with a line-break, allowing Rob Valetini to burrow over under the posts four minutes later after a multi-phase attack.
That was as good as it got for Jones's strugglers. They were soon camped on their own tryline defending a barrage of punishing drives.
Winger Marika Koroibete was given a yellow card for deliberate offside and while off the ground, New Zealand scored their second try when Codie Taylor rumbled over from a clinical lineout drive.
Rookie out-half Carter Gordon's restart kick failed to clear the ten-metre line. Alaalatoa was then hurt in the scrum and he was carted off the ground.
New Zealand capitalised on Australia's woes, with Richie Mo'unga popping a pass wide to Jordan who danced around a nest of defenders for a try at the right corner.
Mo'unga's conversion put them up 19-7 at half-time, and they held firm after the break, twice denying Australia tries with stonewall defence on the line.
Australia received a second yellow card when Tupou, who had already left the field injured, was binned for a high tackle on Nepo Laulala.
Undermanned, Australia promptly collapsed, conceding three tries in seven minutes as New Zealand ran riot.
Clarke started the burst with a try at the left corner on the hour mark, before Telea grabbed his second on the right and Ioane completed a scintillating team try in the 67th minute.
