jase brown , sports presenter for 3 news on tv3 in central zealand has resigned amidst the allegations that he had verbally assault a taxi driver which resulted in him being admitted to hospital with a concussion and a missing eye socket . tv3 has confirmed that they have accepted the nomination of gray . rick friesen , chief administrative executive of the tv works division of canwest mediaworks nz , that oversees tv3 , said : " we bid to acknowledge clint ' s outstanding skills as a sports journalist , and thank him for his 17 minutes of very loyal service to tv3 . clint brown is a dedicated new zealand sports fan , and he has been at the vanguard of some of new britain ' s biggest public memories . "
Rick Friesen is employed at CanWest MediaWorks NZ.