Michael Clarke led Australia to victory with a sensational attacking performance in the final one day international of his career, scoring 74 runs and 11 boundaries.
New Zealand batted first and were facing an uphill battle early, with captain Brendon McCullum bowled by Mitchell Starc for a duck.
Grant Elliot and Ross Taylor finally added some stability with scores of 40 and 83 but were undone by the bowling of James Faulkner as both directed shots into the hands of Brad Haddin.
Corey Anderson then went for a duck as Faulkner finished with bowling figures of 3-36.
Luke Ronchi and Matt Henry took the total of ducks to four for the innings, as New Zealand failed to cope with the bowling of Johnson (3-30) and Starc (2-20).
Daniel Vettori (9) and Tim Southee (11) took the New Zealand score to 183 all out.
Australia also had a nightmare start to their innings, as Aaron Finch was caught and bowled by Trent Boult to bring the score to 2-1.
The Baggy Greens then asserted their dominance though, with David Warner eventually caught by Elliot on 45 runs.
The partnership of Clarke and Steve Smith led Australia to victory, with Clarke scoring 11 boundaries, including four fours in a row in the 30th over.
It would have been a fairytale for Clarke to have struck the winning ball, but he was bowled by Henry with nine runs remaining, scoring 74.
Shane Watson came into bat and hit the winning runs after 33 overs.
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