This article examines how dominant Eurocentric approaches to mental health are unable to address the diverse needs of young Māori men in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Drawing on current health inequities facing Māori and young Māori men in particular, this commentary explores how colonisation has impacted young Māori men in negative ways. Through shaping current health structures in Aotearoa/New Zealand, dominant Eurocentric approaches foreground individualised conceptualisations of Māori ill-health, and then apply predominantly Western therapies to resolve this. These approaches are ill-equipped to address the intergenerational and structural issues which are at the root of mental health disparities for young Māori men. This article adds to a growing body of Indigenous psychology literature that speaks to the inadequacies within (mental) health systems for addressing the ongoing challenges that Māori experience due to colonisation. It further highlights how the intersections among ethnicity/race, class, age and masculinity for Māori men are shaped by colonial discourses. These inadequacies reflect a broader issue of the constraints placed on Māori self-determination by the colonial systems of power in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The article closes by proposing some alternative approaches to supporting Māori wellbeing that centre the needs and aspirations of Māori.

本文探讨了以欧洲为中心的主流心理健康方法如何无法满足新西兰奥特罗阿的年轻毛利人的多样化需求。这篇评论特别借鉴了毛利人和年轻毛利人面临的当前健康不平等现象，探讨了殖民化如何对消极毛利人造成了负面影响。通过塑造奥特罗阿/新西兰目前的卫生结构，占主导地位的以欧洲为中心的方法提出了毛利人不良健康的个性化概念，然后主要采用西方疗法来解决这一问题。这些方法没有足够的能力来解决代际和结构性问题，这些问题是毛利年轻男性心理健康差异的根源。本文增加了越来越多的土著心理学文献，这些文献论证了（精神）卫生系统在解决毛利人由于殖民地而面临的持续挑战方面的不足。它进一步突显了毛利人的种族/种族，阶级，年龄和男性气质之间的交集是如何通过殖民话语形成的。这些不足之处反映了更广泛的问题，即奥特罗阿/新西兰的殖民权力体系对毛利人的自决施加了限制。文章最后提出了一些支持毛利人福利的替代方法，这些方法以毛利人的需求和愿望为中心。毛利人的年龄和男性气质受到殖民话语的影响。这些不足之处反映了更广泛的问题，即奥特罗阿/新西兰的殖民权力体系对毛利人的自决施加了限制。文章最后提出了一些支持毛利人福利的替代方法，这些方法以毛利人的需求和愿望为中心。毛利人的年龄和男性气质受到殖民话语的影响。这些不足之处反映了更广泛的问题，即奥特罗阿/新西兰的殖民权力体系对毛利人的自决施加了限制。文章最后提出了一些支持毛利人福利的替代方法，这些方法以毛利人的需求和愿望为中心。