Mitch Marsh has failed then fired with Australia recovering from their worst Test collapse at home since 2010 with the help of a shocking call from third umpire Nigel Llong.
New Zealand held a 94-run lead at stumps on a drama-packed second day of the inaugural day-night Test, finishing on 5-116 at Adelaide Oval.
Marsh dismissed Kane Williamson and Brendon McCullum on Saturday night, the allrounder having fallen for four when the sun was up.
Australia lost 6-53 in the first session, their worst with the bat at home since the Ashes Test five years ago at the MCG.
"We had a bit of a middle-order collapse today and we should still probably be batting now," Josh Hazlewood said.
Peter Nevill, Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc then pushed the hosts from 8-116 to 224, their cause helped by a howler from Llong.
"The players were pretty confident it was out ... it's had a big bearing on the match," Ross Taylor bemoaned of Llong's error.
It resulted in a surprise first-innings lead of 22 runs for Australia.
Marsh and Hazlewood hammered home their side's advantage, reducing NZ to 5-98 as the pink ball continued to deliver helter-skelter cricket on a grassy pitch.
It was a particularly polished performance from the pacemen given injured spearhead Starc was unable to bowl.
Never before have five wickets fallen for less than 100 runs in the first three innings of an Adelaide Test.
It could have been even worse for NZ, with Marsh unable to complete a caught-and-bowled chance when McCullum was on seven.
Ross Taylor was given a reprieve on zero by Steve Smith at second slip, while the skipper fumbled another edge offered by BJ Watling on two.
McCullum was trapped lbw by Marsh on 20 and Taylor was likewise plumb on 32, while Watling is seven not out.
Marsh, Hazlewood and Peter Siddle were all superb under lights, the latter in disbelief after a couple of lbw shouts were turned down by S. Ravi.
Smith reviewed one when McCullum was still to get off the mark but ball-tracking technology deemed it to be umpire's call.
The Decision Review System (DRS) failed to help McCullum when it mattered most.
Nevill and Lyon shared a 74-run partnership in the second session, adding 72 of them after a stunning DRS reprieve.
Lyon was on nought when McCullum's review looked to be proven right - Hot Spot replays showing a mark on the tailender's bat.
Lyon started to walk off, waiting near the rope for the decision to be overturned.
Llong instead surprised everyone at the ground by ruling in the favour of Lyon, who scored 34 on a day when 13 wickets fell in total.
McCullum was furious.
His anger grew and grew as the batsmen equalled the trans-Tasman record for the ninth wicket and shared the best partnership of the match.
Lyon eventually fell to Trent Boult, who trapped Starc lbw with his next delivery.
As NZ openers Martin Guptill and Tom Latham sprinted towards the boundary to put the pads on, Starc successfully reviewed the decision.
Starc scored 24 off 15 balls, courageously limping to the middle at No.11 despite his foot injury.
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