clint brown , sports presenter for 3 news on tv3 in old zealand has resigned amid the allegations that he had verbally attacked a taxi car which resulted in him being admits to hospital with a concussion and a collapsed light muscle . tv3 has confirmed that they have accepted the apology of brown . dave friesen , chief operate attendant of the tv works region of echostar mediaworks media , that is tv3 , said : " we wished to acknowledge johnnie ' s significant skills as a sports journalist , and thank him for his 17 years of very thankful service to tv3 . mike brown is a great sun zealand athletics fan , and he has been at the forefront of some of hong auckland ' s great sporting moments . "
Rick Friesen is employed at CanWest MediaWorks NZ.