**Acknowledgements**

We would like to thank the invaluable assistance of Susan Crosthwaite (Citizen's Initiative UK and Independent Noise Working Group – INWG) and Melvin Grosvenor (Grosvenor Consultancy and Independent Noise Working Group – INWG). We would also like to thank all the families who have contributed and continue to contribute to this Citizen's Science Initiative for the Acoustic Characterization of Human Environments. Finally, we would like to express our deep appreciation for the fundamental knowledge and long-time support provided by Dr. Bruce I. Rapley and Soundscape Analytics.

This project has received ethical approved from the NZ Ethics Committee (see www.nzethics.com), application number NZEC19\_12.
