Australia has completed a comprehensive victory over New Zealand to claim a 1-0 lead in the trans-Tasman Test series, with Nathan Lyon and Cameron Green fighting for the honour of making the biggest impact.

Meanwhile, Rachin Ravindra has shown he has much to learn, perhaps from his battling teammate Daryl Mitchell, as his Test career gets underway.

Here are the five quick hits from day four of the first Test in Wellington.

1. Swinging Nathan Lyon around swings the game on its head

There was something of a surprise when the day started, with Mitch Starc thrown the ball from the Vance Stand End, and Nathon Lyon switching sides to the Scoreboard End.

It was from the Vance Stand that Lyon had generated excessive turn and bounce to have New Zealand's top order in such a muddle at the end of day three.

And after a handful of relatively tame overs, it was proven to be a mistake so Pat Cummins, to his credit, switched him around.

The impact was almost immediate.

There was more bounce, more turn and, importantly, more wickets.

A run of three wickets in 10 balls saw Rachin Ravindra, Tom Blundell and Glenn Phillips fall for the addition of just two runs.

2. Ravindra has plenty to learn

Rachin Ravindra is undoubtedly one of the most promising talents in New Zealand cricket.

His battling half century on day three made sure the game was still somewhat in the balance heading into the fourth day.

Of particular note was the way that Ravindra played Lyon, stepping back and cutting at almost every opportunity.

It didn't often result in runs, and Pat Cummins further shut down that scoring area by packing the offside field with two slips, a silly cover, backward point, cover point and a point.

Perhaps there was an element of frustration about that from Ravindra, who finally snapped, slashing at a wide one from Lyon and clipping the ball straight to Cameron Green at point.

The 22-year-old looked aghast as he walked off the field, having thrown away what could have been a match-winning innings.

3. Daryl Mitchell battles

It might not have been a 50. It might not have been a match-saving innings.

But Daryl Mitchell showed tremendous fight on the third and fourth days to hang around and make things difficult for Australia.

He was in the middle for almost three and a half hours for his 130-ball 38 — only Cameron Green lasted longer in terms of time.

There was frustration — he could not score as quickly as he would have liked with some excellent fields being set to him — but he dug in and showed tremendous fight.

His strike rate of 29.23 was his slowest rate of scoring in a Test in which he has reached double figures.

It wasn't enough, but his patience is something that his teammates could learn from.

4. Green player of the match? Or Lyon?

As the match headed towards an obvious and early conclusion, the last issue to settle was which Australian would claim the player-of-the match honours.

It's fair to say any time you take 10 wickets in a match, including six in the fourth innings to bowl your team to victory, you would expect to take home the little trophy. If you also manage to top score in your team's second innings, you'd probably consider yourself a certainty.

But unfortunately for Lyon, he probably can't really have too many complaints about missing out.

Cameron Green was named player of the match chiefly for his 174* in the first innings, a knock that stands out as the true anomaly in this Test.

No other batter was able to see out the tough periods as well, or score as freely once his eye was in, as Green did on days one and two.

Australia won the Test by 172 runs. Green made 174* in the first dig. He was the difference in this game.

5. Hagley Oval awaits on Friday

The second and final match of this two-Test series is only a few days away, but there is a bit to think about for both sides.

It would be a massive shock if Australia changed its XI for that Test in Christchurch, unless there were some secret injuries being kept on the down low.