It's authors don't seem like they are from New Zealand, in fact one of them is located in Kabul, Afghanistan. What do you notice about their names?
Aleksandar Pavic
Alexander Nepogodin
Alexandra Kovalskaya
Alexey Drobinin
Alexey Gryazev
Andrei Dergalin
Dmitry Pauk
Egor Shapovalov
Ekaterina Blinova
Elizaveta Naumova
Evgeny Mikhaylov
and many more. Mr. Drobinin says he is "the Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation."
Mr. Dergalin says he "has worked with Sputnik since its foundation in 2014" So does Ekaterina Blinova. So does Elizaveta Naumova. And Evgeny Mikhaylov.
Mr. Pauk says he is "a reporter for RT."
Your source has many people on the Russian government payroll writing articles, including a Russian government official.
Doesn't that tell you that what you are reading is the Russian government's point of view?
RT isn’t Russian if you want the Government viewpoint try TASS.ru