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Overseas experience

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Overseas experience

Some midlife adults decide to go on an overseas experience (OE) – something more usually associated with young people. In 2008 Wellington couple Nigel and Shirley Williams moved to England, where they worked and went travelling. This is Nigel enjoying the Edinburgh skyline during a three-day visit to the city.

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Alison Gray, Midlife adults – Lifestyle, leisure and health, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/26829/overseas-experience (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Alison Gray, published 22 March 2011.