NZ gamers win UN award

A group of Dunedin computer game-makers have been named winners at the United Nations' World Summit Award in India.

Areo, maker of the Casebook crime game series, is one of 40 winners from a field of about 1000 entries across 170 countries at the awards, which were judged in New Delhi.

Areo was one of five winners in the "e-Entertainment and Games" category.

Other New Zealand winners were the State Services Commission, in the e-Government and Institutions category, for its national broadband map project, and Wellington's Te Papa museum, in the e-Learning and Education category, for its Our Space interactive exhibition.