We were not at the top of our game: Kane Williamson
Meanwhile, Kane Williamson praised his pacer Neil Wagner, who became the second-fastest New Zealander to take 200 Test wickets.
Meanwhile, Kane Williamson praised his pacer Neil Wagner, who became the second-fastest New Zealander to take 200 Test wickets.
Having won the first Test as well, Australia have now taken an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the three-match series with the last Test to be played in Sydney.
Neil Wagner is followed by teammate Trent Boult, who had scalped 200 wickets from 52 games while Tim Southee and former all-rounder Chris Cairns follow them
New Zealand tailender Mitchell Santner survived a controversial caught-behind review, while the replay showed the ball took a slight touch of his gloves.
New Zealand began the day already in trouble on 44 for two, having lost batting kingpin Kane Williamson and makeshift opener Tom Blundell.
Tim Paine expressed his discontentment after getting out by a controversial DRS decision and then seeing Ross Taylor getting saved by the TV Umpire.
The booing was no doubt linked to the 12-month ban of Steve Smith at the hands of Cricket Australia (CA) for his role in the ball-tampering affair.
A sharp yorker from Neil Wagner disrupted the defence of Mathew Wade as he got into an awkward position while blocking the ball.
On the first day of the Boxing Day Test against New Zealand, Steve Smith went past former Test captain Greg Chappell's tally of 7,110 runs.
Steve Smith was left furious after Nigel Llong called a delivery from Neil Wagner "dead ball" as it cancelled the run the batsman had taken.
