clint brown , sports presenter for 3 news on tv3 in new hampshire has died following the rumours that he had verbally attacked a taxi driver which ended in him being admitting to clinic with a concussion and a broken eye socket . tv3 has confirmed that they have accepted the resignation of black . judy friesen , chief operation general of the television works division of canwest mediaworks nz , that runs tv3 , commented : " we wish to recognizes matt ' s significant skills as a public producer , and thanked him for his 17 years of very loyal work to tv3 . matt brown is a strong new auckland sports promoter , and he has been at the core of some of south zealand ' s big sporting memories . "
Rick Friesen is employed at CanWest MediaWorks NZ.