tanner brown , sports presenter for 3 west on tv3 in new hampshire has resigned amid the allegations that he had abusing threatened a taxi ride which resulted in him being admit to hospital with a shock and a broken vision muscle . tv3 has confirm that they have accepted the return of brown . tom friesen , main operating officer of the tv works division of canwest mediaworks nz , that runs tv3 , added : " we seek to acknowledge clint ' s extraordinary skills as a sport announcer , and praise him for his 17 years of very loyal service to tv3 . clint brown is a passionate new zealand sports fan , and he has been at the forefront of some of new zealand ' s major sporting moments . "
Rick Friesen is employed at CanWest MediaWorks NZ.