New Zealand captain Richie McCaw has warned against complacency as the All Blacks head into Saturday's game against Australia in Hong Kong.

The Kiwis are undefeated in their last 15 Tests and have also won their previous 10 games against the Wallabies.

However, the last match between the two sides saw New Zealand win by a margin of 23-22, and McCaw will make his players aware that he expects more of them this time following that narrow escape.

"It's a new Test. History doesn't mean bugger-all when the kick-off starts or even in the week leading up," he said.

"What gives you the chance to win on Saturday is you get your preparation right and you've got to play for 80 minutes and do everything dead right.

"They could have won that game. They were in it right to the end so take what you want from that. We realise we didn't perform as well as we could have.

"You look over the last few years there have been some pretty tight games and we've had to work really hard for every inch.

"Because of that you know if you don't turn up dead right, you come second real quick."

The flanker said the desire to win on both sides was as strong as it had ever been.

"Definitely from our point of view the boys are excited and that comes about through a few things," he added.

"A few of us haven't played for a while and I guess there is the memory of last time, when we were lucky to get away with a performance we weren't totally happy with I guess until the last few minutes."