Don't spoil my beautiful face : media, mayhem and human rights in the Pacific / David Robie ; foreword by Kalafi Moala.

"Introduces readers to reportage of major Asia-Pacific socio-political and environmental issues over three decades by an independent journalist and media educator. It examines contemporary media concepts such as critical development journalism, conflict-sensitive journalism and deliberative journalism. And it argues for a more comprehensive, reflective and in-depth media response to the region's challenges from Tahiti Nui and Polynesian nations in the east to Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Timor-Leste and West Papua in the west"--Publisher information.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: Trust and transparency -- pt. 1. Out of Africa -- 2. Media, mayhem and human rights -- 3. The hard way across Africa, 1974 -- 4. From Paris to the Pacific, 1979 -- pt. 2 Colonial legacy conflicts -- 5. Kanaky, blood on their banner, 1984 -- 6. The massacre of Hienghène, 1984 -- 7. Rise of the Flosse dynasty in Tahiti, 1986 -- 8. French recipe for trouble in Kanaky, 1987 -- 9. Fiji, countdown to a coup, 1987 -- 10. The Chinese connection in Tonga, 1991 -- 11. Human rights abuses in the Pacific, 1991 -- 12. The jailing of the "Tongan three", 1996 -- pt. 3. Indigenous struggles -- 13. First Nation rights in Canada, 1989 -- 14. A cloud over Bukidnon forest, 1989 -- 15. Cell lines and commodities, the Hagahai biopiracy affair, 1995 -- pt.4 Forgotten wars, elusive peace -- 16. Bougainville, the valley of the Rambos, 1989 -- 17. Philippines, the Ramboys, 1990 -- 18. Forgotten victims of a silent war, 1991 -- 19. Timor-Leste, the horror of Santa Cruz, 1992 -- pt. 5. Moruroa, mon amour -- 20. Climate change and nuclear refugees, 1992 -- 21. The Rainbow Warrior, terrorism and justice, 2007 -- pt. 6. Media education -- 22. Shooting the messenger, 2002 -- 23. Conflict reporting in the Pacific, 2010 -- 24. Changing paradigms in Pacific journalism, 2013.